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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: political math
Gerald, And it also assumes you have a car and that MPG means something to you so that you would want to know how to calculate it. Karen -----Original Message----- From: Assessment Reform Network Mailing List [mailto:ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU]On Behalf Of Gerald Bracey Sent: Monday, January 23, 1995 4:30 PM To: ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU Subject: political math The Nazi examples might be extreme, but they directly address George C's question. In addition there are plenty of math problems that don't look political because we don't question the societal assumptions they rest on. Thus, math problems involving the calculations of miles per gallon by cars rest on the assumption that using fossil fuels is good and that there will always be plenty of them. More political is a math series that I have seen only a few examples from, but which conservatives refer to as "Rainforest Math" because of the number of PC environmental questions in them. Jerry Bracey -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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