Delta-K,  Feature Articles,  Volume 13, Issue 4

The Metric System: Effects on Teaching Mathematics

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 13 Issue 4, June 1974

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The Metric System: Effects on Teaching Mathematics

Eugene P. Smith

The move to the metric system is well under way, and many of you are already collecting aids and developing ideas for teaching the metric system. These are essential tasks, but have you also considered the implications of teaching mathematics outside the system of measurement?