tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260501974006453150.post8675861694997305751..comments2023-12-24T22:52:25.705-05:00Comments on Math Be Brave: An article, a blog, a performance, a realization...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260501974006453150.post-29606326323874931062010-07-18T22:13:50.854-04:002010-07-18T22:13:50.854-04:00Even though I have limited experience ( one year) ...Even though I have limited experience ( one year) as a teacher; thirty years in engineering, some of your comments were very thought provoking. Lack of adaptability to changes in teaching styles. The teaching of math is very adaptable to the use of computer technology as a learning tool. Discrete facts that needed to be memorized. Not mathematics. Its all about analytical thinking and problem solving. It makes sense. Great comment. Does adding the negative cancel out or make zeros. Its all about problem solving. Seems semantic. I really like the peer pressure idea of the HW chart and will definitely use it in my class. YET. Another very profound way of showing students that learning is a process, which involves a little frustration and a little struggle. That ‘s where the development takes place. And fast pace curriculum coverage where students of different abilities move at an accelerated pace, versus a slower pace with real understandingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260501974006453150.post-88883081910536663582010-07-14T09:04:14.309-04:002010-07-14T09:04:14.309-04:00Would that it were true, mell. More accurately, t...Would that it were true, mell. More accurately, they show the need for engineering (software and electrical, mostly). As a mathematician banished to the world of engineers, I'd be hard-pressed to find many around me who know much beyond calculus and some basic statistics, and even those at more of a functional than a conceptual level.<br /><br />I hate to speak the uncomfortable truth, but deep understanding and "big ideas" in mathematics are practically useless in today's economy beyond the extent to which they smooth the acquisition of practical skills. Not that I think they shouldn't be taught, but you can't make that case on the basis of cell phones and internet access.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260501974006453150.post-63336227209420221792010-07-14T08:02:27.853-04:002010-07-14T08:02:27.853-04:00The need for mathematics seems so obvious in today...The need for mathematics seems so obvious in today's world of cell phones, i-pods , and internet access yet most of my students think that these things fell from the sky. Making the connection between the big ideas in math and the multiple ways to represent them may have potential. I am anxious to try this out.<br /> R. Stockr stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13722350878889705904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260501974006453150.post-23875362012422114462010-07-05T10:52:46.318-04:002010-07-05T10:52:46.318-04:00Wonder how big I should make my YET poster.Wonder how big I should make my YET poster.David Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06277427735527075341noreply@blogger.com