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)

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One response to “Math class needs a makeover”

Jim Zellmer says:

May 18, 2010 at 8:53 am

There are a number of comments on Meyer’s talk here:
http://kitchentablemath.blogspot.com/2010/05/dan-meyer-at-ted-x-nyed-blow-up-us.html
A kind reader notes that this video is useful as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1qee-bTZI