Posts Tagged ‘algebra’
Reducing cognitive load in algebra
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: January 13, 2010
Many years ago I used to get very annoyed with John Sweller, an Australian academic who aggressively pushed his idea of cognitive load as a panacea for problem solving in mathematics. John upset a lot of people in the Australian mathematics education community because they felt he was talking about routine problems, and not what […]
Why multiply binomials?
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: January 5, 2010
This is a joint post of Gary Davis & Glenn Kenyon The issue Glenn recently tweeted: Â Google Search on “Why multiply binomials” yields site on HOW, not WHY. Anyone out there know a reason why that 8th graders can relate to? Searching the Web for a reason why anyone would be even vaguely interested in […]
