by MathPickle | Aug 7, 2015 | Muse of Mathematics
The last time we talked you introduced us to cipher-breaking in World War I. I always mention war if I have the opportunity, because that engages the half of the class with excess testosterone ? The link to war also connects the problem to the real world. Do all good...
by MathPickle | Aug 7, 2015 | Muse of Mathematics |
You were going to give us an example of a good problem. Here is a good problem for students tackling percentages, and probability. The problem takes an hour or two… This is an example of some cipher-text created from a Polybius Square. The Germans used a variant of...
by MathPickle | Aug 7, 2015 | Muse of Mathematics
What should children learn in the mathematics classroom? How to think. Is that all? What do you mean; “Is that all?” That is everything! I would even be happy if we got rid of elementary school mathematics classrooms and replaced them with problem-tinkering...
by MathPickle | Aug 7, 2015 | Muse of Mathematics
What is the biggest problem teachers face? The wide spectrum of student ability. That’s the biggest thing that separates teaching from other learning structures like mentorship, apprenticeship, home-schooling, and self-motivated dabbling. The wide spectrum of student...
by MathPickle | May 16, 2015 | Muse of Mathematics
It is a privilege to interview the Muse of Mathematics! Not to everybody… Some dismiss me as dull, repetitive, awkwardly obtuse and disconnected from reality, but properly introduced, I promise to entertain and enthrall. How should I introduce you properly? It...
