How to Develop a Mindset for Math
Math uses made-up rules to create models and derive relationships. When learning, I ask:
What relationship does this model represent?
What real-world items share this relationship?
Does that relationship make sense to me?
It’s simple, but it helps me understand. If you liked my math posts, this article covers my approach to this oft-maligned subject.
For nerd-alert-y things from people who have lived on Park Street. Duh.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
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1 comment:
This is a nice idea, but the guy is too flaky to be
really useful. That part about -3 cows is JUST WRONG;
one of the readers ("Eddie") picked it up. The danger
with publishing stuff that's 90% right is that there's
a good chance a learner will get hopelessly confused.
They say success has a thousand fathers. The sad
mathematical parallel is that a false statement has
a thousand consequences.
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