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Brown, Stephen I. – Mathematics Teaching, 1981
A one-to-one teaching session with a student is described and analyzed in an attempt to communicate how student attempts at discovery in mathematics can be thwarted by teachers who do not allow room for creativity. (MP)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Discovery Processes, Division, Elementary Education
