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A rush of connections and insights, a glorious moment of clarity
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: January 19, 2010
Sandra was a pre-service elementary teacher at Rutgers in New Jersey. She came to mathematics methods classes with relatively low expectations: “When I enrolled in this class back in September, I thought I was signing up for a three-month crash course in the mechanics of mathematics -something which had always eluded me. At that time […]
She bet me $5 she wouldn't learn any mathematics
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: January 18, 2010
Some years ago I taught mathematical methods to prospective elementary teachers at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. In a class of 30 or so students there might be 2 or 3 young men, the rest being young women, principally from the Seattle area. Many of these prospective elementary teachers would volunteer they were math […]
