Utility and beyond : a critical examination of certain established reasons given for learning mathematics
In the Introduction I explore the reasons for my enquiry, and outline the inadequacies of some of the existing attempts to determine the aims and purposes of mathematics in education. In Part 1 I discuss the scope and validity of the justification of mathematics on the basis of its supposed usefulne...
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University College London (University of London)
1999
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.248711 |