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Action Group 5: Tertiary (Post-Secondary) Academic Institutions (18 +)

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After consulting with our international list of advisers, the Organisers decided to concentrate on six broad areas which are detailed in the reports of the Splinter Groups. It was agreed that other topics would not be neglected, as they would occur in other parts of the Congress Program.

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  1. Education Department, University of Queensland, 4067, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia

    Marjorie Carss

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Carss, M. (1986). Action Group 5: Tertiary (Post-Secondary) Academic Institutions (18 +). In: Carss, M. (eds) Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Mathematical Education. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4238-1_8

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