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Archive for May 2011

Should we jettison the one size fits all math curriculum?

Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: May 12, 2011

I will address college and university mathematics and not – yet – school mathematics. The nature of the school mathematics curriculum, K-16 – is a major issue that needs urgent re-vamping, but today I want to focus on tertiary mathematics. I want to focus on a report from the Times Higher Education supplement that was […]

Simple ratios, beautiful harmony: Karen X. Cheng

Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: May 11, 2011

Karen X. Cheng explores simple ratios and harmony: