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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Main Author: Joel Best
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Numeracy Network 2016-07-01
Series:Numeracy
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/numeracy/vol9/iss2/art10/