[Maths-Education] To Howard Tanner

[Tanner H.F.]

Delighted to be quoted.

You might look in the maths book below or the paper from BERA from my
website.

Dr Howard Tanner
University of Wales Swansea
Department of Education
Hendrefoelan
Swansea
SA2 7NB

e-mail:=A0 h.f.tanner@swan.ac.uk
Fax: 01792 298499
Tel:=A0 01792 518642

"Education relieves you of the burden of having to believe everything =
you
are told." --Robert Leamnson

Why not visit my web page on
http://www.swan.ac.uk/education/staff/hftanner/index.html

Or look at my recent books at:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415230691/qid=3D982957393/sr=3D=
1-2/202
-7449646-0205428
or=20
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/041523512X/qid=3D983294824/sr=3D=
1-4/202
-7449646-0205428


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From: RWShadbolt@aol.com [mailto:RWShadbolt@aol.com]
Sent: 11 October 2001 21:29
To: maths-education@nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Maths-Education] To Howard Tanner


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Dear Mr Tanner
I read with interest an email of yours which I was forwarded by Barbara =

Jaworski at Oxford Uni. DES. I am using the govt. BPRS scheme to =
examine the

effects that the intensely prescribed KS3 strategy and testing regime =
is=20
having on teaching styles and mathematical thinking in my Maths Dept. =
Your=20
comments concerning the erosion of good mathematics caused by such=20
initiatives hit the nail on the head for me. Would you mind if I quoted =
some

phrases in my write-up? I would be interested in any other writing on =
this=20
subject that you have, if it is not too much trouble.

Yours
Rob Shadbolt
Head of Maths, Bartholomew School, Eynsham, OXON



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