Mathematical Education
History and Overview
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
This essay, originally published in the Sept 1990 Notices of the AMS, discusses problems of our mathematical education system that often stem from widespread misconceptions by well-meaning people of the process of learning mathematics. The essay also discusses ideas for fixing some of the problems. Most of what I wrote in 1990 remains equally applicable today.
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@article{arxiv.math/0503081,
title = {Mathematical Education},
author = {William P. Thurston},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0503081},
year = {2007}
}