Algebra as a Social Problem: Review of The Math Myth, and Other STEM Delusions by Andrew Hacker (2016)
Andrew Hacker. The Math Myth, and Other STEM Delusions (New York, NY: The New Press). 256 pp. ISBN 978-1-62097-068-3 (also available as an e-book). The political scientist Andrew Hacker argues that calls for increasing proficiency in algebra and other higher mathematics are misguided, in that mos...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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National Numeracy Network
2016-07-01
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Series: | Numeracy |
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Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/numeracy/vol9/iss2/art10/ |