Dear Marion and All,
You might be interested in the fact that the National Mathematics
Advisory panel:
… reviewed written commentary from 160 organizations and individuals …
and 30 of these submissions (19 %) were about the teaching of the
(SI) metric system in USA schools.
On 2008/03/15, at 6:25 AM, m. f. moon wrote:
Pat, great comment. Without going into great detail of the problem,
I got
myself into a bit of difficulty when during a discussion on a
standards
specification, I suggested that a certain equation may not be
correct. I was
assigned to study the problem over night but didn't have a
calculator nor
computer with me. I choose to do rational arithmetic which handled the
boundary conditions with ease -- this is where I thought the
problems might
be. A couple of quick calcs showed the intermediate values to be
correct also.
So, my claim was wrong but the method of solution was unusual for
most of the
other standards committee members but persuasive. Who needs fractions?
marion moon
------ Original Message ------
Received: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:42:37 AM PDT
From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:40565]
Dear All,
Here is a copy of the 30 submissions that the National Mathematics
Advisory Panel (NMAP) received with reference to teaching of the the
metric system in the schools of the USA.
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Attachment: 8_metric system.doc
MIME Type: application/octet-stream
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