Letters to the Editor

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Douglas E. Scott Amphitheater High School Tucson, Arizona

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Lewis R. Aiken Greensboro, North Carolina

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Volume/Issue:
Volume 8: Issue 3
Page(s):
239–240
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/jresematheduc.8.3.0239
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In the early days of standardized testing. eager practitioners sought to find a single score that would completely classify a student. David Rappaport suggests [in his letter in March 1977 JRME] that we are heading for the same trap in our statistical comparisons of various methods, trying to find “the best way” to teach algebra, or multiplication, or whatever.

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Cover Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
Copyright:
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. All rights reserved. 1977
Page Count:
2
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 May 1977
Online Publication Date:
May 1977
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