The Role of Mathematics in Science Education Reform.

Aldridge, Bill G.

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ERIC Number: EJ485503

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Publication Date: 1994

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The Role of Mathematics in Science Education Reform.

Aldridge, Bill G.

Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, v16 n1 p36-43 Win 1994

Provides a categorization of the processes and products of science and discusses the need for science educators to provide quantitative and symbolic understandings of science using the mathematical ideas of symbols, proportions and scaling, and axiomatic methods of inductive and deductive proof. (MKR)

Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Proof (Mathematics), Ratios (Mathematics), Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills, Secondary Education, Symbolic Language, Symbols (Mathematics)

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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