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A Quarter Century of US “Math Wars” and Political Partisanship (2007)

Klein, David (Author)

British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin
Volume: 22
Pages: 22--23

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Science education and teaching Mathematics Science and politics Teaching; pedagogy 20th century, late United States

This article traces the history of the US 'math wars' from 1980, and discusses the political polarizations that fuelled and resulted from the disagreements.

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Description On political fights over mathematics education in the 1980s and 1990s.

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