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Which philosopher wrote in 1963 that induction is "a myth"?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the fear or apprehension some students feel about their maths performance called?Read the answer and worked solution →Where and when did maths teaching begin, by evidence?Read the answer and worked solution →Which logical rule makes the move from "if P then Q" and "P" to "Q"?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which philosopher wrote in 1963 that induction is "a myth"?

  1. Karl Popper
  2. David Hume
  3. Francis Bacon
  4. Immanuel Kant
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Correct answer: A. Karl Popper

1. Popper rejected inference based on many observations. 2. In 1963 he called induction a myth. 3. Hume only questioned its justification. _Source: Wikipedia, Inductive reasoning, Problem of induction_

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What is the fear or apprehension some students feel about their maths performance called?

  1. Mathematical anxiety
  2. Test-day boredom
  3. Number blindness
  4. Rigor exhaustion
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Correct answer: A. Mathematical anxiety

1. Some students fear poor performance in the subject. 2. This is known as mathematical anxiety. 3. The other terms are not used for it. _Source: Wikipedia, Mathematics, Education_

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Where and when did maths teaching begin, by evidence?

  1. Rome, in the year 100 CE
  2. Babylonia, 2nd millennium BCE
  3. Greece, in the year 300 CE
  4. Europe, in the year 1899 CE
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Correct answer: B. Babylonia, 2nd millennium BCE

1. Evidence of teaching comes from clay-tablet cultures. 2. Instruction existed in ancient Babylonia in the second millennium BCE. 3. The Greco-Roman world followed from about 300 BCE. _Source: Wikipedia, Mathematics, Education_

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