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A modular approach to sixth form mathematics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

Richard B. Wilson
Richard B. Wilson*
Affiliation:
Vandyke Upper School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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Writing in the Mathematical Gazette, MacKinnon [3], pinpoints several factors which are bringing pressure to bear on the development of the sixth form mathematics curriculum for the 1990s and beyond. Some of these factors are not new and their development has been chronicled by Bibby [1] and Wilson [9]. However these recurrent issues are still important and still unresolved. The changes in education pre-sixteen are prompting a reassessment of sixth form mathematics and this provides an ideal opportunity to develop a mathematics curriculum which addresses and hopefully resolves these issues. To achieve this goal I propose a modular approach to sixth form mathematics.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 75 , Issue 471 , March 1991 , pp. 55 - 61
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1991

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