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Moving Beyond Myths Revitalizing Undergraduate Mathematics (1991) / Chapter Skim
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MATHEMATICS BEYOND MYTHS
Pages 43-46

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... Although the educational process is long and the pace of educational change slow, the time is ripe for reform of undergraduate mathematics. There is substantial consensus in the mathematics community on broad goals for mathematics education and on salient methods of achieving them.
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... The resources needed are not negligible, but the cost of ignoring the opportunity is incalculable. The national revitalization of mathematics is within our reach, if only we are prepared to make a serious intellectual and financial commitment to our children's and our nation's future.
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... · Establish effective career paths for college teaching. · Broaden attitudes and value systems of the mathematics profession.
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