http://www.mathmojo.com/chronicles/2008/03/27/mathematicians-lament-a-must-read/ The Official Blog of MathMojo.com - helping public school, homeschooling, unschooling students, parents, teachers and adults learn math with easy and effective methods. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:05:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mathmojo.com/chronicles/2008/03/27/mathematicians-lament-a-must-read/comment-page-1/#comment-200922 What is Math? | The Math Mojo Chronicles Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:05:05 +0000 http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2008/03/27/mathematicians-lament-a-must-read/#comment-200922 [...] Lockhart’s Lament Print, Bookmark or Share [...] [...] Lockhart’s Lament Print, Bookmark or Share [...]

]]> http://www.mathmojo.com/chronicles/2008/03/27/mathematicians-lament-a-must-read/comment-page-1/#comment-183215 Math Definitions | The Math Mojo Chronicles Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:43:39 +0000 http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2008/03/27/mathematicians-lament-a-must-read/#comment-183215 [...] Lockhart, in his absolutely must-read, A Mathematician’s Lament, puts it like this, The point is you don’t start with definitions, you start with problems. [...] [...] Lockhart, in his absolutely must-read, A Mathematician’s Lament, puts it like this, The point is you don’t start with definitions, you start with problems. [...]

]]> http://www.mathmojo.com/chronicles/2008/03/27/mathematicians-lament-a-must-read/comment-page-1/#comment-52140 Angela, MotherCrone Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:42:38 +0000 http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2008/03/27/mathematicians-lament-a-must-read/#comment-52140 If there was a way to bake you cookies and send them through the blogosphere to thank you for sharing this link, I'd do it. Wow! This is indeed mind-blowing stuff, and exactly the way I wanted to learn and think about math and was never encouraged to pursue. You have inspired me to look deeply into ways to add real mathematics to our homeschool, to offer my children something better. Again, my deep thanks! If there was a way to bake you cookies and send them through the blogosphere to thank you for sharing this link, I’d do it. Wow! This is indeed mind-blowing stuff, and exactly the way I wanted to learn and think about math and was never encouraged to pursue. You have inspired me to look deeply into ways to add real mathematics to our homeschool, to offer my children something better. Again, my deep thanks!

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