• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Activity in Mathematics—The Slow-Moving Pupil
  • Contributor: Mallory, Virgil S.
  • imprint: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1936
  • Published in: The Mathematics Teacher
  • Language: Not determined
  • DOI: 10.5951/mt.29.1.0023
  • ISSN: 0025-5769; 2330-0582
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  • Description: <jats:p>A great deal has been written in current educational publications about the slow-moving pupil. It is generally recognized that his slowness in academic subjects is not in general compensated for by special ability in the arts and crafts. In mathematics the slow pupil becomes a serious problem in the ninth grade when he attempts to take the ordinary course in college preparatory algebra. Probably the following general statement of the problem will be accepted by most mathematics teachers.</jats:p>