Monograph No. 2: September 1974
MATHEMATICS TEACHING – The State of the Art
Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association
102 – 122
Secondary School Mathematics from a Piagetian Point of View
BRUCE D. HARRISON
High school mathematics teachers tend to see students’ mathematical backgrounds as very poor and their attitudes towards mathematics as improper, irrational, and negative. On the surface, this seems to be an anomaly in view of the considerable efforts which have been expended in upgrading the elementary and junior high school mathematics programs. But could the “upgrading” have been misguided?