Republic of Mathematics blog

James J. Kaput Algebra has been a big concern of mathematics educators for many decades. My late colleague and friend Jim Kaput, famous for his work on algebra learning, essentially moved away from traditional algebra to simulation and modeling as routes for students to learn about change in mathematics. Jim was a visionary, and the […]

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 […]