Some Phys-L subscribers might be interested in a recent post "In
Defense of Wikipedia (was Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood)"
[Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: In my post "Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood" [Hake
(2009)] regarding "Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths
Toward Excellence and Equity" [Cross et al. (2009)], I quoted from
Wikipedia's entry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Kamii> on
Constance Kamii. Michael Paul Goldenberg (MPG) (2009) objected,
opining that the Wikipedia quote is "clearly written by someone with
a Mathematically-Correct accent. . . . you'd think [Hake would] be
very wary of citing obvious opinion pieces as if they were serious
scholarship." Not to question the authority of a post that contains
NO!!!! footnotes, but I disagree with MPG that the quote I gave from
Wikipedia is "an obvious opinion piece" that's "clearly written by
someone with a Mathematically-Correct accent." But if MPG is correct
in thinking that the Wikipedia entry on Kamii is deficient, then
Kamii, or one of her close associates, or even MPG, can edit the
entry so as to correct any errors.
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REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy <http://tinyurl.com/create.php>.]
Hake, R.R. 2009. "In Defense of Wikipedia (was Mathematics Learning
in Early Childhood)," online on the OPEN ! AERA-L archives at
<http://tinyurl.com/m5xpu9>. Post of 31 Aug 2009 16:41:53 -0700 to
AERA-L, Net-Gold, and MathTeach.