Monthly Archives: August 2015

Long Live The Blank Slate

It’s the first day of school. I always loved this feeling as a kid. You’ve got your shiny new notebooks, freshly sharpened pencils, and your first day outfit all ironed and ready to go. Nothing can really compete will that … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on Long Live The Blank Slate

Promoting Diversity and Respect in the Classroom

For a lot of us, the new school year is just around the corner. We’re getting ready for new classes and a new group of students. We have plenty of learning goals for our students and subject-specific material to think … Continue reading

Posted in Math Education | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Math Fought The Law, And The Law Won

Math is full of laws: group laws in abstract algebra, the law of sines in trigonometry, and De Morgan’s law in set theory, to name a few. And occasionally, the law is full of math. That was the certainly the … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Dimensions of Flavor

We talk a lot about visualizing mathematics, and we can even listen to it sometimes. But it can be hard to get the other senses involved, especially taste. Last year, I was delighted with Andrea Hawksley’s tasty and attractive Fibonacci … Continue reading

Posted in Math Communication | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Dimensions of Flavor