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Title

Goals for School Mathematics: The Madison Project View.

Authors

Davis, Robert B.

Abstract

The article discusses the goals of school mathematics curriculum for grade 2 through 9 in Missouri. Generally speaking just like the other studies, the case of mathematics is not exempted to the need of broadening of the curriculum. The author states the need to add on basic concept such as concept variable, the use of graphs on Cartesian coordinates, the arithmetic of signed numbers, the idea of open sentence and truth set, are just ideas that the child needs out of the mathematics can be easily learned by second graders.

Subjects

MISSOURI; CURRICULUM planning; CURRICULUM; ARITHMETIC education; MATHEMATICS education (Elementary); MATHEMATICS education; GRAPHIC methods; SIGNED numbers; ARITHMETIC; TRUTH

Publication

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1964, Vol 2, Issue 4, p309

ISSN

0022-4308

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1002/tea.3660020408