Saturday, May 26, 2007

People don't "hate" math...



...What they hate is being confused, embarrassed, and intimidated by math.

Through a combination of uneven teaching, poor work habits, and ever changing societal expectations, most people leave school with the impression that math is an endless collection of facts, concepts, and procedures that have no apparent connection to each other and little or no use ouside of the classroom.

As this blog unfolds, you will see that in fact math can be learned in a very different way, one that displays the beauty and interconnected nature of mathematics and provides valuable life-long tools for the learner.

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