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The field of English combines Language and the use of the imagination. Language is the means of an individual to define reality as well as help shape individuals’ understanding of themselves and the world. And it is the imagination that aids in making meaning of the language that is learned.

It is mathematical knowledge that has fueled the fires of technological advances and it is those very technological advances that generate new and more complex mathematics. The task then of mathematics education becomes one of helping students to understand how to learn mathematics, how to problem solve, and how to acquire the automaticity with skills and procedures necessary for problem solving.