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Student Seminars On "Famous Equations", Richard G. Montgomery May 1991

Student Seminars On "Famous Equations", Richard G. Montgomery

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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An Historical Approach To Precalculus And Calculus, Victor J. Katz May 1991

An Historical Approach To Precalculus And Calculus, Victor J. Katz

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


An Alternative Approach To The History Of Mathematics, Claudia Henrion May 1991

An Alternative Approach To The History Of Mathematics, Claudia Henrion

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Mathematics: Contributions By Women, Jacqueline M. Dewar May 1991

Mathematics: Contributions By Women, Jacqueline M. Dewar

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Mathematics For Life And Society, Miriam Lipschutz-Yevick May 1991

Mathematics For Life And Society, Miriam Lipschutz-Yevick

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Who Is Teaching Our Children To Spell? The Literacy Crisis In Teacher Education., Owen F. Watts Jan 1991

Who Is Teaching Our Children To Spell? The Literacy Crisis In Teacher Education., Owen F. Watts

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Anyone engaged in marking student essays at tertiary level today cannot fail but to be aware of the increasing inability of students to express themselves in grammatically correct and cogent argument. The problem is even more serious when is prevalent among those students who are studying to become teachers. Lists of "school-boy howlers" derived from the students' essays are no longer funny, rather they are symptomatic of a crisis in literacy that is facing the educational systems of the nation. Testing of students within the Faculty of Education at Curtin University has shown that passes in Year 12 English examinations …