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noun
A dramatic and short-lived change in the teaching of mathematics in grade schools in the 1960s, focusing on abstract topics such as symbolic logic, to the detriment of simple arithmetic etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical, uncountable
Topics: education
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noun
The methodology used to arrive at an unreasonably incorrect answer for a mathematical calculation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, derogatory, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of new math.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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