mathematics classes need makeover

Why mathematics classes need a makeover


Today’s mathematics curriculum is teaching students to expect – and excel at – paint-by-numbers classwork. A result of measuring schools by success and statistics, rather than by a wider view of the approach and skills they are delivering.

This can have the effect of robbing kids of a skill more important than ‘merely’ solving mathematics problems: formulating them.

In this video, filmed at TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think. And thereby learn and understand.

Ted Talks on education are two-a-penny, but this one is certainly worth a look:

 

 

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