Responding to calls for change in high school mathematics: Implications for collegiate mathematics

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-123

  Schoen, Harold L ^a   Hirsch, Christian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037328135     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3647770     Document Type: Article

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