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Exponential math errors

Filed Under (Articles of Interest) by pcallahan on 17-11-2007



I was browsing through the OLDaily entries and found this one about math textbooks which is very alarming.  Basically, there are an unreal amount of computational errors in the texts being reviewed for adoption in 2008.  I wonder if they are just clerical or if textbook authors are this careless.

Source:  http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/111607dntextextbooks.268c6c7.html

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3 Responses to “Exponential math errors”

  1.   dancingnancy533 Says:
      November 18th, 2007 at 10:17 am

    I have noticed that too. Each math book that I have used for a class has had at least 2 computational errors in them. As much money as schools spend on buying new fancy textbooks you would think they would take the time to double check their work.

  2.   Jeff Says:
      November 18th, 2007 at 6:51 pm

    I am not sure of the source either, but there many errors in the textbook we used this past cycle in chemistry….I am so glad this is their last year of use!

  3.   pcallahan Says:
      November 19th, 2007 at 9:22 pm

    Hopefully, the next set you adopt will be better. We adopt math books during the next school year, and I dread the search.

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