Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 43 Issue 2, June 2006
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Janis Kristjansson
In the introduction to his book Beyond Numeracy, John Allen Paulos ( 1991) refers to a misconception held by many that mathematics is like a totem pole-“first arithmetic, then algebra, then calculus, then more abstraction, then whatever.” lt interests me to think about the different ways those who are (and those who are not) literate thinkers in their fields see the essentials of the various arts and sciences.
