Orton, Anthony
ORTON, Anthony
ORTON, Anthony. British, b. 1937. Genres: Education, Mathematics/ Statistics. Career: High school teacher in Colne Valley, West Yorkshire, England, 1960-70; Edge Hill College of Higher Education, senior lecturer, 1971-74; University of Leeds, England, faculty member, 1974-. Publications: Learning Mathematics, 1987, 2nd ed., 1992; (with L. Frobisher) Insights into Teaching Mathematics, 1996; (with L. Frobisher, J. Orton, and others) Learning to Teach Number, 1999. EDITOR: Issues in Teaching Mathematics, 1994; Pattern in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, 1999. Address: CSSME, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. On- line address: [email protected]
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