Why Johnny Can't Add

Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Math
AuthorMorris Kline
SubjectCriticism of "New Math" education
Published1973

Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Math is a 1973 book by Morris Kline, in which the author severely criticized the teaching practices characteristic of the "New Math" fashion for school teaching, which were based on Bourbaki's approach to mathematical research and mathematics education in the United States. Reactions were immediate, and the book became a best seller in its genre and was translated into many languages.

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  1. ↑ Jürgen Maass; Wolfgang Schlöglmann (2006). New Mathematics Education Research and Practice. Sense Publishers. p. 1. ISBN 978-90-77874-74-5.
  2. ↑ Joseph W. Dauben; Christoph J. Scriba (23 September 2002). Writing the History of Mathematics: Its Historical Development. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 458. ISBN 978-3-7643-6167-9.
  3. ↑ Fey, James T. (1978). "Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's - ideas and realisation U.S.A." Educational Studies in Mathematics. 9 (3): 339–353. ISSN 0013-1954.

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