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May 14, 2010

Math class needs a makeover

Dan Meyer:

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. (Recorded at TEDxNYED, March 2010 in New York, NY. Duration: 11:39)

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 14, 2010 2:32 AM
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