Category: Bad Math Education
A bunch of people have been mailing me links to an article from USA today about schools and grading systems. I think that most of the people who've been sending it to me want me to flame it as...
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Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 12:52 PM • 69 Comments •
Category: Bad Math Education
A bunch of people have been sending me links to a USA Today article about a math professor who wants to change math education. Specifically, he wants to stop teaching fractions, and de-emphasize manual computation like multiplication and long...
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Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 2:06 PM • 130 Comments •
Category: Bad Math Education
Today we've got a bit of a treat. I've been holding off on this for a while, because I wanted to do it justice. This isn't the typical wankish crackpottery, but rather a deep and interesting bit of crackpottery....
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Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 3:23 PM • 139 Comments •
Category: Bad Math Education
Have you ever wondered about the real reason why math education in our schools is so awful? Why despite the best efforts of large numbers of parents, the schools seem to be incapable of figuring out why they're so...
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Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 1:49 PM • 57 Comments •