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Chapter 6: COSTA RICA: History and Perspectives on Mathematics and Mathematics Education

    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814590570_0007Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
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    Abstract:

    A description of mathematics and its teaching in Costa Rica beginning in the nineteenth century is presented. It includes curricula, researchers, and practitioners (with special mention of foreign influences and individuals), educational institutions, reforms, and research in mathematics education. Perspectives on a recent ambitious school mathematics reform are elaborated.