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A Mathematician's Lament, often referred to informally as Lockhart's Lament, is a short book on mathematics education by Paul Lockhart, originally a research mathematician at Brown University and U.C. Santa Cruz, and subsequently a math teacher at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, New York City for many years.
Happy back to school! Parents, teachers and students, find funny and motivational back-to-school quotes about education, learning and working with others.
She attended Howard University, majoring in mathematics and graduating cum laude in 1935. [1] After receiving her bachelor's degree, she taught high school and college for a short term, including at Gilbert Academy in New Orleans. [1] She then applied to the University of Michigan graduate program in mathematics. Michigan accepted African ...
Standards-based mathematics: a vision for pre-college mathematics education in the United States and Canada, focused on deepening student understanding of mathematical ideas and procedures, and formalized by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics which created the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.
Final papers have been turned in. Grades have been distributed. Lockers have been cleared. Yep, graduation season is upon us. So you might want to grab the tissues because your little kiddo is all ...
Mathematics for social justice is a pedagogical approach to mathematics education that seeks to incorporate lessons from critical mathematics pedagogy and similar educational philosophies into the teaching of mathematics at schools and colleges. The approach tries to empower students on their way to developing a positive mathematics identity ...
The Math Myth describes the approach of the contemporary American education system towards mathematics as a "self-delusion", especially critiquing the Common Core standards and the role of obtuse and abstract mathematics in impeding the mathematical literacy of students, arguing that current methods lead to higher drop out rates.
Minerva Cordero Braña [1] [2] is a Puerto Rican mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington.She is also the university's Senior Associate Dean for the College of Science, where she is responsible for the advancement of the research mission of the college. [3]