Thursday, July 18, 2013

Do The Math...Right

I just read an article on Edutopia about why we are having so much trouble in the United States over reaching future STEM students.  The problem, according to the article, is the way math is being taught at the university level and how courses are set up and designed to weed out the less committed math students.  Little, if any, change in the way math is being taught at the university level over the years has dramatically affected the attitudes and desires for student to pursue math and science majors.  Being a math teacher myself, I cannot tell you the number of times I have heard parents say how they struggled in math in school and explain their shortcomings on why their children struggle.  I like the Ainissa Ramirez (blog author) statement that "we need to take math back" and "let's do the math...right".  Read the article by clicking the link below:
Do The Math...Right

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