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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 […]
What to do when a teenager gets turned off mathematics?
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: January 2, 2010
Especially one who likes it, but who is turned off by repetitive drill … Jeanne Bernish has a 14 year old son who is  very good at math ( accelerated) but just doesn’t like it. He is into gaming, and is tired of drills. She feels he will probably be so turned off by mathematics […]
