The Relation of Mathematics to General EducationMathematics in General Education. A Report of the Committee on the Function of Mathematics in General Education for the Commission on Secondary School Curriculum.

1941 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-72
Author(s):  
E. R. Breslich
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
General Education ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum

Where the Importance of Mathematics Need Not Be Taught

1941 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 212-213
Author(s):  
Edna M. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
General Education ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Progressive Education ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Joint Commission ◽  
Education Association ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum ◽  
The Subject

The imperative need for relating mathematics to other subjects without devoting courses merely to the practical, social and business aspects of the subject has been significantly stressed in the national reports of both the Joint Commission on the Place of Mathematics in Secondary Education and the Progressive Education Association on mathematics in General Education. In most place our subject matter is on trial for its places in the secondary school curriculum. But there are exceptions.

Meaningful Symbols as a Better Preparation For Junior and Senior High School Mathematics

1939 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-171
Author(s):  
Myrtle Duncan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
General Education ◽  
Secondary Mathematics ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Education Association ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum

In the tentative report entitled “Mathematics in General Education,” The Commission on the Secondary School Curriculum of the Progressive Education Association emphasizes the importance of teaching symbolism in secondary mathematics and states that it seldom receives enough attention before the student reaches the high school level.

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