Our goal is to enable every student to use mathematics to become a better creative problem solver. In this digital age, awash in data and technology tools for building and using models to analyze and solve problems, we believe a new approach to problem solving is required. Our approach, based on functions, uses spreadsheets as …
We call our problem-solving process, functional thinking. When we apply functional thinking to digital age problem solving, we find a few fundamental models give us the tools to creatively solve quantitative problems. Think of functions as LEGOs, add columns using new rules, use outputs as new inputs, combine simple functions in new and creative ways.
What is the hardest question a teacher has to answer? As teachers, especially math teachers, we face this most painful question all too often, rarely do we have a good answer to it, and even more rarely does our answer enlighten students. The question is less a query and more a bleating call for relevance. …
Envisioning technology that reinvents our schools not automates them should, I believe, be our goal and our dream for personalizing learning.
The words curious and curiosity do not appear in the Mathematics Common Core Standards document, yet they are arguably the most important words in mathematics education. If there is any single habit of mind or critical skill I want our students to learn, don’t you agree, it is to be curious, to question, to experiment, …
