STUDY OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS IN ALABAMA. FINAL REPORT / KENNETH E. EASTERDAY.

TO IMPROVE MATHEMATICS TEACHING, A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO 1,000 SECONDARY AND 2,018 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS IN ALABAMA. RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FROM 964 (33.4 PERCENT) OF THOSE QUERIED. AMONG THE FINDINGS WERE (1) 62.5 PERCENT OF THE TEACHERS HAD 4-YEAR OR CLASS B CERTIFICATES, 26....

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Main Author: Easterday, Kenneth E.
Corporate Author: Auburn University
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1967.
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Physical Description:98 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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