An Experiment Comparing the Efficiency of General Mathematics with Algebra and Geometry

Name: An Experiment Comparing the Efficiency of General Mathematics with Algebra and Geometry
Creator: W. D. Burks
Keywords: 4. Education

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1924Publisher:National Council of Teachers of MathematicsJournal:The Mathematics Teacher, volume 17, pages 343-349 (issn: 0025-5769, eissn: 2330-0582,

Authors: W. D. Burks;

doi: 10.5951/mt.17.6.0343

An Experiment Comparing the Efficiency of General Mathematics with Algebra and Geometry

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In the fall of 1920, Dr. R. A. Kent, Superintendent of Schools, asked me to conduct an experiment comparing the efficiency of a two-year course in general mathematics with the traditional one-year course in algebra and geometry. We decided to put all students starting mathematics in February, 1921, into general mathematics. There were 63, a few of whom were accelerates and a few poor students, but by far the greater number were failures and had already failed once or twice in mathematics.

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