Need for In-Service and Pre-Service Metric Education.

Trent, John H.

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ERIC Number: EJ174350

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Publication Date: 1978

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Need for In-Service and Pre-Service Metric Education

Trent, John H.

School Science and Mathematics, 78, 1, 45-52, Jan 78

Over 500 preservice and inservice elementary and secondary teachers were surveyed to assess the need for metric education in Nevada. A questionnaire was used to determine interest in the topic. Another instrument measured cognitive knowledge of metrics. Results indicated that teachers knew little but were interested in metric education. (CP)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Level, Mathematics Education, Metric System, Secondary School Teachers, Surveys, Teacher Education

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