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					<description><![CDATA[Scientific American Mind, Volume 24, Issue 4, with the right lesson plan, teachers can turn struggling students into budding mathematicians. The secret is carefully guiding their adventure in numbers]]></description>
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									<p>Globe and Mail (with Brent Davis), 2018</p>								</div>
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