Posts Tagged ‘truth’
Should mathematics teachers tell the truth?
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: April 22, 2011
Adults do not always tell the truth to children. It’s common to let children believe there is a tooth fairy, that Father Christmas brings presents at Christmas time, or that a Golem defended the Jews in Prague. Are there similar tales that mathematics teachers tell children? Does mathematics have fibs, lies, and myths? I will […]
