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Mathematical Educationby: William P Thurston
(4 Mar 2005)
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Find related articles from these CiteULike users Find related articles with these CiteULike tags AbstractThis essay, originally published in the Sept 1990 Notices of the AMS, discusses problems of our mathematical education system that often stem from widespread misconceptions by well-meaning people of the process of learning mathematics. The essay also discusses ideas for fixing some of the problems. Most of what I wrote in 1990 remains equally applicable today.
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