Thursday, January 24, 2013

Many Paths to an Endpoint

When I was in university, I had a professor for a geometry course that all math teachers were required to take.  I found it interesting at the time that he was a professor that students seems to really like or really dislike, in terms of teaching style.  At the time, I chalked it up to his habit of bringing in ideas and skills from related courses, and the lack of good mathematical understanding by some students, which, I thought, should allow them to integrate the different areas of mathematics. 






Friday, January 18, 2013

Squares

Sometimes I'm not crazy about having so many tiles in our house.  But they are rather handy for math.