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Aboriginal Students and Mathematics: Aims of the Study of Mathematics.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

A.G. Bishop
A.G. Bishop*
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Curriculum Section, Department of Education, N.T.
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In 1954 the Australian Council for Educational Research convened a conference of curriculum officers from the various State Education Departments to consider, among other things, a desirable course of study in mathematics for Australian primary schools. The report of the conference lists the following as the expected outcomes of a desirable mathematics course:

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Section Three
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , August 1994 , pp. 49 - 54
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press or the authors 1994

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