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The experts have spoken: Discovery math needs to make way for standard arithmetic

Posted on May 2, 2014 by WISE Math

Staples: The experts have spoken: Discovery math needs to make way for standard arithmetic

Staples’ article reports on the session at the Alberta Math Dialogue conference in Camrose today at which mathematicians discussed the WNCP math curriculum.

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