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of instruction work. This is the way it was taught to us in high school and the way it was taught in college and the way it works for usI don't think kids can handle in quiryThey just don't have the back ground or sophistication. (3-2: 11) problem most common to us teachers is that we can't keep real algebra exciting for the students. When the stu dents ask, 'How am I going to use this stuff? ' our usual answer is foggy. The only answer is in higher (3-1: 69) What is lacking in the textbook is ap plied mathematics. Even the average text goes into properties. A kid just does not have to know 'commutative' and 'distrib utive' to function in the world. (3-1: 68)
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