Why Johnny Can't Add

Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Math

Author	Morris Kline
Subject	Criticism of "New Math" education
Published	1973

Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Math is a 1973 book by Morris Kline, in which the author severely criticized the teaching practices characteristic of the "New Math" fashion for school teaching, which were based on Bourbaki's approach to mathematical research and were being pushed into schools in the United States.^[1][2] Reactions were immediate, and the book became a best seller in its genre and was translated into many languages.^[3]

See also

• Why Johnny Can't Read

References

1. Jürgen Maass; Wolfgang Schlöglmann (2006). New Mathematics Education Research and Practice. Sense Publishers. p. 1. ISBN 978-90-77874-74-5.
2. Joseph W. Dauben; Christoph J. Scriba (23 September 2002). Writing the History of Mathematics: Its Historical Development. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 458. ISBN 978-3-7643-6167-9.
3. Fey, James T. (1978). "Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's - ideas and realisation U.S.A." Educational Studies in Mathematics. 9 (3): 339–353. ISSN 0013-1954.

Further reading

• "Review of Why Johnny Can't Add". Bulletin of the Orton Society. 24: 210. 1974-01-01. JSTOR 23769748.
• Rising, Gerald R. (1974-01-01). "Review of Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Math". The Arithmetic Teacher. 21 (5): 450. JSTOR 41190940.
• Gillman, Leonard (1974-01-01). "Review of Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Math". The American Mathematical Monthly. 81 (5): 531–532. doi:10.2307/2318615. JSTOR 2318615.
• Niman, John (1973-01-01). "Review of Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Math". Mathematics Magazine. 46 (4): 228–229. doi:10.2307/2688316. JSTOR 2688316.
• McIntosh, Jerry (1973-01-01). Kline, Morris (ed.). "Kline's 'Gutsy Appraisal': New Math Needs Overhaul". The Phi Delta Kappan. 55 (1): 79–80. JSTOR 20297438.
• Peak, Philip (1973-01-01). "Review of Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Math (L, S, P)". The Mathematics Teacher. 66 (7): 641–642. JSTOR 27959458.
• Moore, John W. (1973-01-01). "Why Johnny Can't Add". Journal of College Science Teaching. 3 (2): 167–168. JSTOR 42964980.

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