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Science education in the Philippines
(Wiley, 1959-04)
This article describes the status of science education in the Philippines. It begins with a brief overview of the history of the country and environment and the context of education. It describes the teaching of science ...
Casa Real de Iloilo: A tale of a heritage provincial capitol
(Philippine National Historical Society, 2016-12)
The Casa Real de Iloilo is the oldest and grandest building of its kind in the country. The heritage structure was built as the Provincial Capitol of Iloilo at the start of the sugar boom after the opening of the port of ...
The Port of Iloilo: Its role in the development of Western Visayas
(Philippine National Historical Society, 1985-12)
The story of Iloilo as a port of entry officially started on 29 September 1855 when, by royal order of the Queen of Spain, it was opened to international trade. But the port had already been used for interisland commerce ...
History and legend in Western Visayan place-names
(Philippine National Historical Society, 1984)
Philippine place-names have not yet been well-studied. By place-names we mean the names of the various subdivisions of the country such as regions, provinces, cities, municipalities, municipal districts, barangays, sitios, ...
Vector representation of multiplication and division of complex numbers
(National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1954-05)
One question raised by students in mathematics is how to represent multiplication and division of complex numbers by vectors in rectangular co-ordinates. The purpose of this brief paper is to present a simple explanation ...
Involution operated geometrically
(National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1955-04)
High school students of plane geometry may be interested in the central theme of this paper as a generalization of the usual problem of finding a line equal to the square of a given line.
Mathematical miscellanea: Two cube root curves
(National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1955-12)
It is a matter of common knowledge that it is impossible to duplicate a cube by means of the straightedge and compasses. There are, however, several methods which make use of algebraic curves. This presentation is intended ...
Squaring a circle
(National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1957-01)
It is impossible to construct a square equal to a given circle by the exclusive use of a straight edge and compass. This paper is intended to present a solution to this problem with a slight departure from the purely ...