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Chappelet, Jean Loup – 1980
A short history of the use of the metric system is given. The role of education in metrication is discussed. The metric activities of three groups of metrics advocates, the business community, private groups, and government agencies, are described. Arguments advanced by metric opponents are also included. The author compares the metric debate with…
Descriptors: Debate, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
