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Editorial

Mathematics Education

John W. Moore

Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706

J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (8), p 1019

DOI: 10.1021/ed085p1019

Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2008

Abstract

Mathematics education is important for effective science education because a great many aspects of science are best described and elucidated using mathematical tools. Lack of preparation in mathematics hampers many students’ efforts to learn science and prevents many others from pursuing science at all.

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Mathematics / Symbolic Mathematics

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Received: August 03, 2009

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