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ERIC Number: EJ130125
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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New Math Is More Relevant or Don't Turn in Your Grave, Dr. Einstein!
Brown, Lois
School Science and Mathematics, 75, 8, 705-706, Dec 75
After arguing that secondary students are often inept at solving word problems, and that this may be caused by their disinterest in the problems typically presented, the author presents eleven problems she considers to be more relevant to student interests. (SD)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Curriculum, Instruction, Mathematics Education, Percentage, Problem Solving, Problems, Relevance (Education), Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics
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