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To your issue of August 2 Prof. Perry contributes an indictment of the present system of mathematical teaching in this country. As he invites criticism, one need not apologise either for defending existing methods or for criticising his suggested improvements. His main attack seems to be directed against mathematics as an educational subject, and in particular the teaching of Euclid falls under his ban. The elements of abstract reasoning are, he says, quite unnecessary to a boy's mental development. Why does he not add that common-sense is of no value also?
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BEARD, W. The Reform of Mathematical Teaching. Nature 62, 466 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/062466b0
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