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THE HARTFORD COURANT: Monday. April 19. 1976 28 Why Johnny Can't Add Expert Faults Old and New Math" ifekyl i mathematics. And the greatest math martyrs were those recent high school graduates who were subjected to the "new math" which made its debut in 1958. Speaking at the annual gathering of the Southern New England Mathematics Association held at Miss Porter's School in Farming-ton recently, Dr.

Morris Kline found fault with all the traditional reasons for learning mathematics. He said, "The doctrine which asserts that mathematics teaches students how By MERRIBEL LEVIS Did you ever use the quadratic formula or Pythagorean theorem in your daily life? Probably not. But if you had been taught pragmatic applications of these equations, you might have understood high school math more and you might be better adapted to deal with everyday life. According to an eminent mathematician, with a humanist's point of view, anyone who went to school after 1900 suffered unnecessarily through the tedium of pure to think is completely unfounded. Deductive reasoning won't solve the world's most pressing problems such as how to vote or whom to marry.

"The argument that math is beautiful is ridiculous. What is beautiful about factoring or geometry?" he said, causing a ripple of laughter throughout the audience of about 125 secondary school math teachers. Dr. Kline, who has taught at several universities since receiving his Ph.D in 1936, also said there is no reason to scare high school students into learning math for college requirements. "I don't think there's a university in the country which University Center Sets REAL ESTATE COURSE Section 6 Weeks Tues.

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Their top- I ECO FA Courarrt Photo by Michael McAndrews DR. MORRIS KLINE with math," he said. The visiting lecturer further encouraged teachers, "With every topic you teach, be sure to demonstrate why it is significant to life. In the same breath, convince a student it's meaningful." NEW REDUCTION PLAN NO FAD DIETS NO PILLS NO SHOTS Three separate tests by one of the nation's leading universities scientifically proved that YOU CAN LOSE INCHES WITHOUT DIETING. For Information Can Mr.

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"Historically, a mathematician's function is to unearth God's design to test theorems against reality," the math professor said. "It is important to illustrate the power of abstraction. When teaching tangents, show an eclipse of the sun or moon, or even the paintings of the great masters like da Vinci or Raphael," said Kline who, has authored 12 books. (His most recent one is entitled, "Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Mathematics.) For problems of geometry, Kline told teachers to explain how the circumference of the earth was calculated 2500 years ago by a Greek mathematician. "Show students we can do the seemingly impossible Engagements REGISTERED NURSES SPECIALTY UNITS Spring Carnival of Dresses at A Spring a growing season you're a registered nurse with at least one year current Medkal-Surgical Experience, preferably some exposure to Intensive Care Nursing and you wish to grow Yp in your career.

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