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    Math Class Needs A Makeover

    Math Class Needs A Makeover

    Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.

    Subjects:
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Mathematics -- Study teaching
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    Teaching Kids Real Math with Computers

    Teaching Kids Real Math with Computers

    From rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation by hand -- isn't just tedious, it's mostly irrelevant to real mathematics and the real world. He presents his radical idea: teaching kids math through computer programming.

    Subjects:
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Mathematics -- Study teaching
    Resource Type:
    Video