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| 18-Mar-04 |
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.
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| 16-Feb-04 |
A
textbook of plausible dialogues
Unfinished notes on my planned thesis. Written in May 1984.
The thesis was never written.
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| 12-Mar-03 |
At
the gate of a discovery
How I discovered an old problem and found no solution.
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| 26-Jan-03 |
To
An Excellent Math Teacher
David Wheeler published my poem in For the Learning of
Mathematics.
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| 18-Jan-03 |
Ignorance
- an excellent starting point for learning
Can we learn tackling a problem from scratch?
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| 11-Jan-03 |
Since
you love your child - confessions by a math teacher
You don't have to be a math teacher to help your kid.
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| 09-Jun-02 |
Articles
published in Symbol, 1981-83 (in Norwegian)
Six early articles.
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| 19-May-02 |
Bicycles
in Baker Street
Watson and Sherlock Holmes have their hands full, but
land on their feet.
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| 11-May-02 |
Ingenuous addition in the White House.
The President goes shopping and comes up with a scheme to
strengthen the youths mathematical backbone.
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| 25-Oct-00 |
Playing With Mathematical Ideas Using Logo
Notes from a course given for teachers.
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| 10-Dec-99 |
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.
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| 10-Dec-99 |
That's
a very good question (published in
Mathematics Teaching Sep-00)
Students can solve a simple equation in many ways, if you let them. |
| 06-Jun-99 |
Writings
by Stephen I Brown
Thoughts on humanistic mathematics education, and much more! |
| 24-Mar-99 |
The
Lemonade Bottles Problem by David Fielker
Describes a way of working that involves posing
problems which the students have to devise methods for solving. |
| 22-Mar-99 |
The
most beautiful moment
(published in Mathematics
Teaching Mar-00)
It happened fifty years ago, but the memories are still sweet. |
| 09-Mar-99 |
How
did Pythagoras do it?
When a student asks a question, listen carefully and you may learn something new. |
| 28-Feb-99 |
How
long is life?
What is mathematics? Where does it come from? What is it good for? I have no
idea, but here comes an article that was intended for the Journal for Irreproducible
Results. |
| 17-Feb-99 |
Maple
V
Do you have problems with factorisation? Do the sides of your equations not see eye to
eye? A solution is near! |
| 17-Feb-99 |
Technology in Education
How does new technology change education? If there ever was a good question, this is it. |
| 13-Feb-99 |
The
law of small numbers
What is true for small numbers may not be true for bigger ones. Test your
intuition! |
| 09-Feb-99 |
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? |
| 09-Feb-99 |
Multiplying
on Mars
A new algorithm for multiplication has been invented on Mars. Also with news from
the planet Gubmuh. |
| 01-Feb-99 |
Drunk
driving
Some questions for discussion. |
| 01-Feb-99 |
The
learner is always right
The student makes a mistake, what does the teacher do? |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Sharing
Let's start sharing. |
| 11-Jan-99 |
What's
out there?
For someone interested in the learning of mathematics, what does the web
offer? |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Online Magazines
Every newspaper with respect for itself has an online edition. Are mathematics
education journals following suit? |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Anyone
for a Turing machine on a spreadsheet?
A Turing tape consists of cells. So does a spreadsheet. The rest is downloadable.
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| 11-Jan-99 |
Free
turtle pondering
Set your students free with free Logo. |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Best
answers
If you can solve this problem, you are good! |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Just
problems
Set the creative spirit free. |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Practice
problems
Practice is important. Why not make it meaningful? |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Starting
problems
Question precedes answers. A new topic should start with a question. |
| 11-Jan-99 |
What is an email discussion group?
The best way to find out is to join one. |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Have
you tried a newsgroup?
A newsgroup is a place for dialogue on the web. Post a question, anyone answers,
or, just browse what's being said. |
| 11-Jan-99 |
The
first investigation better be good!
Drawing lines on a grid may not increase the tomato harvest, but it can
illustrate a new way of learning mathematics. |
| 11-Jan-99 |
What
do people think?
When you can't ask everyone, ask some. But, how many is enough to get the true
picture? |
| 11-Jan-99 |
The
Pythagorean Theorem or The Spider and The Fly?
Are you teaching Pythagoras' theorem this year or is it time for a change? |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Problems
worthy of attack (published
in Mathematics Teaching Mar-99)
Which problems should we give our students in the next millenium? |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Guessing
is good for you
George Polya suggests ten commandments for math teachers. |
| 11-Jan-99 |
'Textbooks
have to be rewritten'
Imre Lakatos believes the existing text-books are written upside-down.
Who will turn the tables? |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Kierkegaard
reveals a secret
Søren Kierkegaard shares his thoughts about communication. |
| 11-Jan-99 |
Welcome
Welcome to Mum. |
