Friday, September 25, 2015

Connective Tissue and Bone: On Multiplication Facts

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Jo Boaler is making the news again for her stance on teaching times tables. I don't wish to wade into that debate, per se, but to consid...
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Thursday, September 10, 2015

What Things In Our Math Curricula Do You Think Have Become Outdated (...Or Even Obsolete?)

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The always interesting Keith Devlin writes here about the future of math. As a mathematician, he has a good perspective on the ways in whi...
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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Zooming in and Zooming Out: Considerations for Math Curriculum Planning

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Use the scale of the universe website. Zoom in, all the way to the Planck Length. Zoom out, to the edge of the observable universe. Now con...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Critical and Creative Thinking in the Math Classroom (Updated)

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I believe critical and creative thinking are both essential to doing math.  Yet I believe both are relatively unexplored areas with our you...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Meet the "New Math"...Same as the "Old Math"?

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The title is partly flippant, but mostly a music geek's Who reference ("Won't Get Fooled Again"). We spend a lot of time d...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Surprised By Their Mathematical Thinking

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I have been thinking a lot about mathematical surprise these days.  Specifically, I have been thinking about all the different ways we can ...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Critical and Creative Thinking in the Math Classroom (Outtake from OAME Ignite)

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Critical and creative thinking are both essential to doing math.  Yet both are relatively unexplored areas with our young student mathematic...
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