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Is math like ice cream?
To my last post, “No more broccoli ice cream” David Griswold challenged me with a very serious and thoughtful reply. The phrase, “No more broccoli ice cream” came from this meme that I saved. I collect these memes, just because the provide interesting fodder for conversations about math in class. So who is Denise Gaskins?…
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Asking good questions about teaching math
I have been mulling this question over for a while now, since last summer at least. It is a offshoot of the time I spent working with Exeter materials at an Exeter summer institute, and if anything the question has grown in my mind to the point where I must answer it for myself and…
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Frustration, ideas, and time
Grr. Really. I have some frustration I need to get off my chest, so this will be a “constructive venting” post. Constructive, because I really do have a point, and venting because I can’t believe the things that occur in math education. First off, I have been really interested in how the curriculum of mathematics…
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Textbook publishers have a long way to go
I attended the Southern NV Math and Science Conference over the weekend. I presented part of the Advanced Algebra Applications course, but more on that in another post. I also attended a session given by one of the major textbook publishers on 21st Century learning with their products. I was told by my boss to…