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The Case for Cold Turkey

Monograph No. 3: June 1975

METRIFICATION – ACTIVITIES, RELATIONSHIPS, and HUMOR

Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association

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The Case for Cold Turkey

Willard F. Reese

Most of us who have been concerned with metric education are convinced that the best way to get the job done is by total immersion. We believe that metric units should be used exclusively in order to facilitate the ability to “think metric.” We’re right, of course, but up until now there is no research evidence to back up our contention.