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— William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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One who, or that which, accelerates.

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THE PROBLEM

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Henry Howard
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he two basic questions to be explored in this study are: l. In essence, In a mathematics course for preservice elementary schoolteachers, can as much mathematical material be covered bya class in which the students read and discuss almost allof the course content within small work-groups as iscovered by a class taught by a conventional lecture-class discussion technique? In terms of overall course achievement, will the small-group discussion class compare favorably with a class taught by a lecture-class discussion technique? the two basic questions ask whether a mathematics class for preservice elementary teachers can be taught using a snall-group discussion approach without sacrificing content or understanding of basic concepts. In anticipation of affirmative answers to the two basic ques-~ tions, three secondary questions will be considered:
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