Tagged: Fathom

ICME: The Nature of Students’ Mathematical Thinking

Like other enthusiasts of mathematics, I’m captivated by the way that mathematical ideas can explain things in the physical world around me, and by the way that I can carry out mathematical thought experiments in my mind and then apply the results to control my external physical environment. But it turns out that my separation...

What’s up with Key? A Response to Dan Meyer

The other week Dan Meyer sent out this tweet. I’m not sure what Key Curriculum Press is anymore but they run a helluva math ed blog. blog.keypress.com — Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) January 20, 2012 While we appreciate the compliment (and the resulting increase in traffic), it’s the first part of that sentence I want to...