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Computational media: the universal acid of mathematics teaching (5)
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: January 4, 2010
Nigel Smith was a teacher at Twyford Preparatory School, Winchester, England. He was my friend and colleague. He died of brain cancer at age 44, 8 years ago. I still miss him deeply and I want to write about some things we did together in his class at Twyford. I met Nigel when he enrolled as […]
Are (mathematics) teaching and instruction synonomous?
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: January 3, 2010
This post is a result of years of thinking about the question, pilule and a recent productive Twitter exchange with Peter Flom (statistician, advice educator, viagra thinker). My answer to the question is: No, teaching and instruction have little to do with each other. Let me try to explain this odd-sounding answer  by discussing a […]
