Conic Sections Rebellion
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Conic Sections Rebellion
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The Conic Sections Rebellion, also known as the Conic Section Rebellion, refers primarily to an incident which occurred at Yale University in 1830, as a result of changes in the methods of mathematics education. When a policy change dictated that students were required to draw reference diagrams for exams rather than be allowed to refer to diagrams in their textbooks, a number of students staged a rebellion in which they refused to take the exams at all. A precursor incident occurred in 1825; hi
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Educational event against exam policy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conic_Sections_Rebellion
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2023-03-17T16:26:18Z
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