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Organization of Part 1 and Part 2
August 17, 2002
Footnotes made on May 28, 2006
The first part of “Question of
Access” will have the form of an actual curriculum that re-teaches arithmetic
in arbitrary number bases. The
curriculum was actually used in teaching four sections of college remedial
arithmetic at Saint Paul’s College, Virginia, in 1994-95 academic year.
The second part of “Question of
Access” will be a scholarly thesis on the problem of learned disability in
arithmetic and the proposed remediation.
The hypothesis that the author has
made is regarding the nature of the mind, and thus is not one that can be easily
discussed without a solid grounding in the modern experimental literatures on
human memory, awareness and anticipation.
The cognitive science and theoretical
constructions on which this educational remediation depends are not easy
subjects to master [1].
Some instructional material for
freshman remediation is being developed for use in the classroom. The theoretical foundation for this material
is reviewed in Chapter 7 and 8. The
material itself makes become the basis for a textbook at some later time.
The challenging in writing this
work is to provide access to the concepts in a way that is comfortable. The use of narrative story telling will be
used often.
The more rigorous grounding is
covered in the Foundations,
which hopefully will be published at about the same time as “Question of
Access”.
The author has a lot to do if the
tone of “Question of Access” is to be
shaped by narrative and an appeal directly to those who may wish to understand
a general theory of educational remediation.
It is for this reason that the
author has asked a college to consider his application for a visiting
instructor of mathematics. The request
comes late in the hiring season, but it is the author’s deep interest to frame
the opportunity clearly.
The author wishes to teach three
of four courses of introduction to mathematics for the next two semesters.
We hope that the college will provide
the opportunity that is critical if this book is to be completed.
The author’s oldest daughters are
in college. Catherine will be a
freshman at Rochester University, in upper New York State. Jenni will be a junior at the College of
Charleston. Sharon is a talented
junior in High School here in Northern Virginia. (2002)
The author’s wife, Pat, will
maintain the family home in Northern Virginia; and has given me permission to
take this sabbatical from Industry.
Perhaps the sabbatical will lead to the way of life that I have dreamed
of since I was a young boy.
Dr. Paul S. Prueitt
Chantilly Virginia
703-981-2676
These notes are
formative towards Prueitt’s new book on learning theory.
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[1] In making application for a one year teaching appointment, the following short note was sent to search committees.
http://www.ontologystream.com/beads/QuestionOfAccess/2006Goals.htm