Word: algebra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Elmendorf said the year-long introductory economics course--officially called Social Analysis 10, "Principles of Economics"--will also deemphasize algebra during the macroeconomics half of the course. He said Ec 10, traditionally one of Harvard's most popular courses, will instead introduce more material on current economic issues...
...with small populations and struggling economies. Last year, when 15 of the 28 students at Maine's Allagash High School protested the dearth of humanities courses, the University of Maine decided to fill the gap. This fall the university will offer more than 20 courses, including elementary French and algebra, to 23 Maine schools...
...unusual circumstances of life on the ranch meant that the brothers themselves took responsibility for their own educations. Starting in 1973, when the Colfaxes moved to California from St. Louis, Missouri, the boys took on their own projects and helped each other learn everything from basic algebra to plumbing...
...stories or topics they study in class. Fully a fourth of all 13-year-olds fail to grasp the principles of basic math. That problem is apparently not remedied in high school, where almost half of all students are unable to solve problems using decimals, percentages, basic geometry or algebra...
Needless to say, I found her far more intriguing than pre-pre-algebra...