Affiliation:
1. 1 State Teachers College, Millersuille, Pa.
Abstract
The increasingly technical society in which we exist places upon students of today increased demand for scientific knowledge. A basic tool of all science is mathematics. No one knows how many engineering man-hours went into the production of the Wright Brothers' airplane which made the historic flight of one hundred twenty feet at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903. We do know that it required 464,000 engineering man-hours to produce a heavy bomber used in World War II. Contrast this with the 10,320,000 engineering manhours now required to produce a modern heavy jet bomber (1). A basic part of every engineer's education is mathematics. Growth in mathematics is slow. It cannot be hurried. Teachers must attract more students to this subject and then teach those students in the most effective manner.
Publisher
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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