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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
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 Adriana Salerno, Darryl Yong, David Kung, implicit bias, racism, sexism, teaching
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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
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 Andrea Hawksley, data analysis, data gastronomification, Flowing Data, Nathan Yau
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