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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ985828
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Sep
Pages: 1
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ISSN: ISSN-0746-8342
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Teaching Tip: Are You Changing the Rules? Again?
Rice, Theodore
College Mathematics Journal, v43 n4 p304 Sep 2012
Students often complain that the rules of mathematics are being changed. A short conversation between a professor and a class of college algebra students dramatizes this in the realm of complex numbers and the legal realm of speed limits.
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, College Faculty, Mathematics Teachers, College Students, Mathematical Concepts
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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