Abstract:In the field of mathematics, the advent of the war has not yet created many major changes. The most noticeable one is that more pupils are now enrolled in the mathematics courses than formerly. That the pupils are learning the subject better than in pre-war days is also quite apparent. I am not quite so certain that we are teaching it better. The war is the cause of the great increase in the enrollments, and the pupil's motive for studying mathematics is the most powerful in existence, that of retaining his li… Show more
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