Sunday, October 31, 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010

When Good Teaching Leads to Bad Results: The Disasters of "Well Taught" Mathematics Courses

When Good Teaching Leads to Bad Results: The Disasters of "Well Taught" Mathematics Courses -
Even in well-taught math courses, typical assignment consists just of exercises, not really “problems”: @alfiekohn

Is there an algebra overkill?

Is there an algebra overkill? -

Discussions about the utility, or otherwise, of algebra surface regularly.