AT Classic: Twentieth Century Mathematics for the Elementary School.

Van Engen, H.

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ERIC Number: EJ474913

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Publication Date: 1993

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AT Classic: Twentieth Century Mathematics for the Elementary School.

Van Engen, H.

Arithmetic Teacher, v41 n2 p92-96 Oct 1993

This is a reprint of an address given at the Christmas National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) meeting in 1958. It provides a critique of elementary instruction and discusses the changes necessary. It calls for fundamental change in the concept of mathematics teaching. (PDD)

Descriptors: Arithmetic, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Number Systems, Problem Solving, Teacher Improvement

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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