The case for practical maths?
A New York Times Op-Ed piece makes the case for maths for life, and not just for the classroom. The article’s authors, Sol Garfunkel and David Mumford, argue strongly in favour of a maths curriculum that exists in relation to the science, engineering, finance (and so on) that it serves every day, and they say [...]
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Maths-Whizz method receives yet another indirect endorsement shocker! August institutions of learning and news reporting go on proving that the Maths-Whizz way is great for learning, and great for learning maths in particular. The New York Times late last month reported on findings in education which may seem obvious, but help resolve a question still [...]
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The excellent Steven Strogatz, writing a series of online-only articles about maths for the New York Times, has just posted his latest piece. It’s about that hairy beast of mathematics – division! Taking a broad and accessible view of the problems of fractional quantities and how much we struggle with them, Strogatz weaves in the [...]
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