Posts Tagged ‘math’
What constructivist mathematics is not …
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: November 5, 2010
Over at Parenting is Political, @northTOmom has written a recent post:Â THIS MATH DEPRESSES ME. Part of what concerns @northTOmom is what she identifies as “constructivist” math. Here is what she writes: “So why do I object to constructivist math? One reason is that it is, by-design, non-incremental or “spiral”: its textbooks jump around from […]
Vertical integration of mathematics K-20
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: October 28, 2010
The @mathchat topic for Thursday October 28, sale 2010 is: “How can we facilitate vertical (cross-curricular) integration of mathematics teaching from early years to graduate-level?” In this post I want to think about the vertical integration aspect of this question. Below are some issues that I feel need to be addressed in a genuinely productive […]
