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2. New Math - Wikipedia

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   In his book Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Math (1973), Morris Kline says that certain advocates of the new topics "ignored completely the fact that mathematics is a cumulative development and that it is practically impossible to learn the newer creations, if one does not know the older ones".

3. School Mathematics Project - Wikipedia

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   The School Mathematics Project arose in the United Kingdom as part of the new mathematics educational movement of the 1960s. [1] It is a developer of mathematics textbooks for secondary schools, formerly based in Southampton in the UK.

4. School Mathematics Study Group - Wikipedia

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   The School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG) was an American academic think tank focused on the subject of reform in mathematics education.Directed by Edward G. Begle and financed by the National Science Foundation, the group was created in the wake of the Sputnik crisis in 1958 and tasked with creating and implementing mathematics curricula for primary and secondary education, [1] which it did ...

5. Elementary arithmetic - Wikipedia

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   The traditional mathematics method subtracts using methods suitable for hand calculation. [11] Reform mathematics is distinguished generally by the lack of preference for any specific technique, replaced by guiding students to invent their own methods of computation. American schools teach a method of subtraction using borrowing. [12]

6. Addition - Wikipedia

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   Addition (usually signified by the plus symbol +) is one of the four basic operations of arithmetic, the other three being subtraction, multiplication and division. [2] The addition of two whole numbers results in the total amount or sum of those values combined. The example in the adjacent image shows two columns of three apples and two apples ...

7. Traditional mathematics - Wikipedia

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   In general, math textbooks which focus on instruction in standard arithmetic methods can be categorized as a traditional math textbook. Reform math textbooks will often focus on conceptual understanding, usually avoiding immediate instruction of the standard algorithms and frequently promoting student exploration and discovery of the relevant ...