Teachers are not being taught math adequately, and generally fail to teach it well to their students. (Do tell…) [...]
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The previous post was about the value of learning conceptually before you start practicing for skill. There is an alternative argument that argues for the opposite. Many pedagogues try to plead the case that first you must teach the “basics” (meaning the basic skills, like the “multiplication facts”) before you can expect a child [...] While surfing some of the other math blogs in the blogosphere, I ran across a post in Michael Paul Goldenberg’s Rational Mathematics Education blog. In a recent post of his he mentions an article written by Paul Lockhart entitled, “A Mathematician’s Lament.” It was written in 2002, but has only gotten mass coverage recently, since [...]
Photography by Santarosa, Justin Wong and Brian. Edited by Brian (This was meant to be posted on Monday. Sorry about the lateness). Many of us who struggle to learn math (yes, I am one of them) suffer from assorted challenges, like ADD, procrastination, lack of focus, depression, and other things that are or [...] Original photo by didbygraham Q: When is a Compromise not a Compromise? A: When it’s a Red Herring We talked about “red herrings” in the previous posts about “The Case of the Missing Dollar.” I occasionally do after-school presentations of MathMagic for the C.R.O.P. program in rural upstate New York. I’ve been [...]
Original Photo by Norsehorse Edited by Brian Ah, I love it when readers beat me to the punch! The comments to the original post pretty much sum up the paradox and it’s solution very well. Khaled’s and Mark’s comments illustrate perfectly one of the things I wanted to point out about this [...]
Original Photo by Norsehorse Edited by Brian There’s a braintwister that’s been going around the internet, well, probably ever since there was an internet. It’s actually probably thousands of years old in one version or another. You may have seen it phrased like this: Three men go into a motel. The man behind [...] (Or “The Seamus on Mitt Romney”) Sometimes you read a story that just grabs you. I got one forwarded to me today that, at first glance, seems to have nothing to do with math. But since Math Mojo readers know that math is more meaningful than that stuff they shoved down your throat [...] While listening to “Morning Edition” on National Public Radio awhile ago, I heard a report about self-esteem in the workplace, and how Gen-Xers need constant praise for the simplest of accomplishments in order to feel appreciated. Oh, my! The poor darlings are in the workforce now and now there are actually consulting firms [...] (Continued from the previous three posts.) What if I Fail 9th Grade Math? (Part 1) What if I Fail 9th Grade Math? (Part 2) What if I Fail 9th Grade Math? (Part 3) The reader replied to my answer: thank you professor for answering all of my future qustions, but u never answered my old [...] |
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