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 on February 1, 2008 2:06 PM • 129 Comments •
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 on October 15, 2007 3:23 PM • 138 Comments •
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 on May 16, 2007 1:49 PM • 57 Comments •
