Category Archives: Education

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. —H. H. Munro I have a confession to make: I lie to my students. Not only that, I do it all of the time. More scandalously, I’m not the only teacher … Continue reading →

When students are first taught mathematics, the skills that they learn are concrete, and the teaching methodologies are equally concrete. When taught to add, students might physically group blocks, for instance by counting one group of blocks, then another, and … Continue reading →