Republic of Mathematics blog

The topic of this Thursday’s #mathchat on Twitter looks like being : “Does the nature of mathematics change as students get older or is it only the teaching methods that change?” This topic is the current runaway favorite as of Wednesday morning. So this morning I’m trying to get a head start on thinking about […]

During the #mathchat session on #mathpobia last Thursday and this Monday the issue of students becoming disheartened came up. Basically the folks at ReasoningMind tweeted that students can become disheartened by repeatedly being unable to solve problems: x @reasoningmind @republicofmath I’ve seen students in the best teachers’ classrooms get disheartened by repeatedly being unable to […]