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Textbooks from Shanghai and Singapore A National Debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2015

Ruth Merttens
Ruth Merttens*
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University of St Mark & St John, Derriford Road, Plymouth PL6 8BH, e-mail: ruth_merttens@me.com, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge CB1 2EU
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 99 , Issue 546 , November 2015 , pp. 391 - 401
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