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Report of the Mathematical Association Committee on the Teaching of Mathematics in Public and Secondary Schools*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1919

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Throughout this Report the word boy is to be taken as referring to pupils of either sex.

References

page 397 note * Cambridge Essays, p. 115.

page 397 note † Bryce, Cambridge Essays on Education, p. xiv. Edited by Dr.Benson, A. C., Cam. Univ. Press, 1917.Google Scholar

page 397 note ‡ Inge, Cambridge Essays on Education, p. 21.

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page 407 note * Schuster & Shipley. Constable, 1918.

page 409 note * The following may be given as examples of such books:

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Mathematics, by Laisant, C. A.. (Thresholds of Science, Constable & Co.)Google Scholar

Astronomy, by Flammarion, Camille. (Thresholds of Science.)Google Scholar

Mechanics, by Guillaume, C. B.. (Thresholds of Science.)Google Scholar

Physics, by Carre, Felix. (Thresholds of Science.)Google Scholar

Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians of the Nineteenth Century, by Macfarlane, A.. (Wiley, 1916.)Google Scholar

Spinning-Tops, by ProfessorPerry, . (Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge.) 1890.Google Scholar

The First Bookor Geometry, by Young, G.C. and Prof.Young, W.H.. (Dent, 1908.)Google Scholar

Mathematics, by Prof. Whitehead. (Home Univ. Library.)Google Scholar

The Nature of Mathematics, by Jourdain, P. E. B..(People’s Books.)Google Scholar

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