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Monthly Archives: September 2012
An Old Dog Learns a New Trick…
As followers of my blog know, I’ve been working on better ways to teach math for almost 30 years, and just when I think I’ve seen everything, someone has to come along and show me a different approach. It’s rather … Continue reading
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Barbie was right: Math is hard!
As my loyal readers have probably caught on to by now, I am a die-hard skeptic of any curriculum that seeks to make math “fun and easy.” Actually, I have no problem with the fun part (although it is debatable … Continue reading
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