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 I am also impressed that this
DT>  research appears in college text books and that many early childhood
DT>  organizations recognize and accept these studies.  I have read many
DT>  books on early childhood education, some written by the researchers and
DT>  others simply citing the research work.
 Trendy methods cited in college books doesn't necessarily impress me
 either. As Charles Beams has related the story of the "new math" movement
 of the 60's...it was quite the rage at that time. I believe that all
 new math teachers in training at the Universities were converted to
 believe soundly in that presenation of math. But that died, too. I would
 think you would remember this type of instruction...from what you've
 written I thought you were the same age as I. I learned about sets and
 membership, subsets, unions, etc.. in elementary school. I learned base 5
 and base 8, etc..., function notation in fifth grade. One-to-one
 correspondence. They don't teach this stuff in the elementary classrooms
 any more.
DT>  Sorry this is so long..
Ditto on the reply.
Sheila
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