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I don?t think either Ed?s post that prompted a list member to]]> Jan 22, 2013 5:13:47 PM Jan 22, 2013 5:13:47 PM rexboggs5@optusnet.com.au 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8118273&tstart=0#8118273
Three gentlemen sit at a roadside pub. A car passes. Half an hour later
one of them says:]]> Jan 21, 2013 5:10:30 PM Jan 21, 2013 5:10:30 PM zeev@ieee.org 1 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8118167&tstart=0#8118167
Thanks for calling me on this (and I mean that sincerely). Perhaps in my defense I was responding to Hake's choice to turn my]]> Jan 21, 2013 4:54:06 PM Jan 21, 2013 4:54:06 PM ewall@umich.edu 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8117964&tstart=0#8117964
I'm quitting the list. Ed, your comments are of value to me, as are Richard Hake's. But I'm tired of the vitriol. Your letter,]]> Jan 21, 2013 4:06:12 PM Jan 21, 2013 4:06:12 PM kathleenoffenholley@yahoo.com 3 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8112534&tstart=0#8112534
(1) So you are claiming that I made the inference that dumbing down of elementary school mathematics in the U.S. is due to Math]]> Jan 19, 2013 6:13:13 PM Jan 19, 2013 6:13:13 PM ewall@umich.edu 4 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=8112334&tstart=0#8112334 "Effects of Poverty on U.S. Children's Educational Achievement Redux"]]> Jan 19, 2013 5:03:00 PM Jan 19, 2013 5:03:00 PM rrhake@earthlink.net 5