The discussion usually goes something like this... Me: Good to see you! What are you teaching this semester? Lecturer: Advanced Technical Difficult Engineering Stuff. Me: Sounds like an interesting topic. Does it include a lot of mathematics? Lecturer: Oh yes, it has some differential equations, some matrix work and some finite element analysis. Me: Sounds […]
It wasn't so long ago that Googling singapore math would bring up my own maths website (Interactive Mathematics) in the number 1 position. But since the US got onto the "Singapore model" of "excellent math teaching" the term "Singapore Math" has taken on a whole new meaning. The TIMSS data (Third International Mathematics and Science […]
The case of Jay Greenberg (a brilliant 12-year musical prodigy who is being compared to Mozart) reminded me of the research being done at Sydney University. Experimental subjects have their brains (temporal lobe in particular) stimulated to "turn off" our natural tendency to focus on a small number of things at once. Once this has […]
Problem Based Learning (PBL) could be a way to make math education more interesting and meaningful.
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