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Title
Access Type
Open Access
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Agricultural education
Degree Name
Thesis (M.S.)
Year Degree Awarded
1927
Abstract
In September 1924 I began teaching mathematics in the Methuen High School, Methuen, Massachusetts. During that year I taught two classes in beginners Algebra. The textbook used was Hawkes, Luby, and Touton - First Course in Algebra. At the end of the school year I found myself very much dissatisfied with the work accomplished. I felt that too much time had been devoted to drill exercises and not enough emphasis placed on the understanding of the why and wherefore. In fact so much time had been devoted to the acquiring of skills in algebraic computations that scarcely any time was left for the solution of ordinary quantitative problems which require insight and mental power rather than skill in symbolic manipulation.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/Q8TT-2390