A
term paper that listens to students thoughts about mathematics education
Ask students about mathematics education and you may be surprised
about the breadth and depth of their thoughts.
A
textbook of plausible dialogues
Unfinished notes on my planned thesis. Written in May 1984. The
thesis was never written.
At
the gate of a discovery
How I discovered an old problem and found no solution.
To
An Excellent Math Teacher
David Wheeler published my poem in For the Learning of
Mathematics.
Ignorance
- an excellent starting point for learning
Can we learn tackling a problem from scratch?
Since
you love your child - confessions by a math teacher
You don't have to be a math teacher to help your kid.
Ingenuous addition in the White House.
The President goes shopping and comes up with a scheme to
strengthen the youths mathematical backbone.
What
is mathematics?
A novel with more questions than answers. From a journey to the
oldest part of the new world, the Dominican Republic.
Chapter 1. Time
for adventure and Easter Sunday.
Chapter 2. To row five and the cathedral.
Chapter 3. Bouncing marble and eternal life.
Chapter 4. Virtual kites and real flan.
That's a
very good question
Students can solve a simple equation in many ways, if you let them.
Confusion is good
Based on a real dialogue that took place in a classroom between a student and her teacher.
Is the teacher trying to confuse the student?
The learner is always right
The student makes a mistake, what does the teacher do?
Problems worthy of attack
Which problems should we give our students in the next millennium?
Guessing is good for you
George Polya suggests ten commandments for math teachers.
'Textbooks have to be
rewritten'
Imre Lakatos believes the existing text-books are written upside-down.
Who will turn the tables?
Kierkegaard reveals a
secret
Søren Kierkegaard shares his thoughts about communication. |
