A little over a year ago, the Museum of Mathematics opened in the heart of New York City. I blogged about the museum last January, and have since returned with friends and a class of community college students. One of my favorite exhibits at … Continue Reading ››
Today's guest post is from Marta Venturini, a PhD student in Mathematics Education at Simon Fraser University under a "Cotutelle Agreement" with the University of Bologna, where she's a PhD student in Mathematics. While looking for some tasks that would be suitable for Sketchpad, I found the “dog leash” problem in a March 2007 Continue Reading ››