A mathematician's lament

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Lockhart speaks "against the way mathematics is taught in too many schools--as a rigid system of mindless algebraic rules with little meaning and very little beauty. Lockhart who has been a math researcher as well as a K-12 math teacher."--Publisher's description.

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Title Statements

Full title :A mathematician's lament / Paul Lockhart ; with a foreword by Keith Devlin.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bellevue Literary Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:140 pages : : illustrations ; : 19 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781934137178, 1934137170
oclc:ocn261176355
LC Classification:QA13
Dewey Decimal:510.71

Lamentation. Mathematics and culture ; Mathematics in school ; The mathematics curriculum ; High school geometry : instrument of the devil -- Exultation.

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Educational evaluation Educational evaluation -- United States Évaluation en éducation -- États-Unis Matematikundervisning Mathematics -- Evaluation. -- Study and… Mathematics -- Study and teaching Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Un… Mathematics Instruction Mathématiques -- Étude et enseignement … United States