hi, so random post here: maths is actually wonderful.
Maths is absolutely everywhere. You really can’t escape it no matter where you go. It is the fundamental building block. Despite how math is taught in school, it is way different from the boring way it is taught in school. I don’t remember who said this, but there’s this quote:
“The way maths is taught in school is like if an art class only taught their students how to paint fences.”
And you can see, only learning how to paint fences will make literally no one into an art person, so it goes the other way around too…
maths is beautiful, its just many do not realize it.
Study time management: Step by step process Work priority list finish homework Build up a precise schedule to study a new topic Read a book Revise work Go to bed Greater success and less stressed out.
To improve in problem-solving skills, then you need to be able to recognize and understand number patterns well. If you observe some of the examples systematically, a pattern can be used to generalize what you have observed, and you will come to a solution for the question.
It’s Pi Day! Yep, that’s my kiddo with Pi stamped on his forehead. 🤦♀️ lol, love that kid! #piday #piday2018 #montessori #pi #stemeducation #mathisfun #mathiscool #montessorikids (at Geist Montessori Academy)
What number is Triangular, Hexagonal, a Pentatope and Composite all at the same time? 1️⃣5️⃣, and it’s also the number of days until #thebestsummerofyourlife ⏱#SadCauseTheyreTooOldForPreCollege 👵👴#MathIsCool 🆒 #15is14plusOne 🙄 (at The University of the Arts)
At advanced levels of math, people call certain solutions “elegant,” “beautiful,” or even “rad.” Some Spanish-speaking mathematicians call a clever solution a “cabezazo” – the same word used to describe a beautiful header goal in soccer. People develop a taste in math. Problems at this level tend to be rich in possibility; they can be approached and solved in a variety of creative ways.
At the same time, it seems too rare that students in grade school get to try a rich mathematical task and take a step back to compare different strategies for solving a problem – let alone decide if they think a solution is “cool.”
Yesterday Andy, Scott and I had a chance to chat with Professor Judith Kysh at SFSU about our thinking thus far in the universe of open-ended responses. We mentioned having students compare their responses and strategies to those of others, and how we think this might help them reflect on their own strategy and maybe even understand the problem from a different angle, while providing us with data to help us cluster solution-types.
Dr. Kysh brought up an exercise she learned from some visiting Japanese educators. They had each student rank all the solutions that had been shared within the class, from least to most favorite. This meant that not only were the students exposed to a wide variety of strategies to consider – they also had to decide on their affinity to various strategies. Note: all strategies discussed led to a correct solution, so this was not about being right or wrong!
The exercise of publicly force-ranking people’s work might be difficult for some people to stomach, but in our work we have the advantage of being able to anonymize authorship and potentially circumvent some of the social status issues. What if, after a student submits their own solution, we could show a student a diverse sample of solutions drawn from our past learners, and let them sort from their least to most favorite?
Or… here’s another idea we toyed with: what if students could see alternative solutions to a problem and mark them as “cool!” with an emoji? Would you be proud if 67 people thought your solution was “cool” … or even “helpful” or “funny”? Might more people in the world start to think of solutions as “cool” and strive to find them? Might this extend beyond math?
Our day at SFSU was inspiring and there are many more stories to come; I hope we have a chance to share those with you soon.
Nautilus shell.
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#nautilus #calacademy #shell #perfection #natureperfection #mathiscool (at California Academy of Sciences)
3 - If the sum of the number’s digits is divisible by 3.
4 - If you divide it by 2 and the quotient is even.
5 - If the final digit ends in 0 or 5.
6 - If it is divisible by both 2 and 3
7 - If (this one is trickier) you take the LAST digit of the number, multiply it by 2, then subtract it from the number formed by the remaining digits. Take the new number, and if it has more than one digit, repeat. Keep going until you have one digit. If that digit is 0 or 7, it is divisible by 7. Example: 259—> 25 - 2(9) = 25 - 18 = 7
8 - Keep dividing by 2
9 - If the sum of the number’s digits is divisible by 9 (or just keep dividing by 3).
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OK listen i feel like there isn’t enough fanbase for those who like school for mostly the learning part. Let alone ANY fanbase for those of us who like math for the right reasons. By right reasons i mean not wrong reasons and the main wrong reason people claim to like math is “its black or white” “the answer is either right or wrong”.
OK that’s true if you’ve only taken elementary school math.
Math in its purest form is complicated and random yet simple and constant at the same time, which kinda contradicts itself into being complicated and random again which is so BEAUTIFUL.
Getting to know math is like getting to know a person, it takes effort, intelligence, and in both cases the subjects in which your getting to know are so in depth and so layered that you could never fully understand unless you were that subject. The minute you get bored or even annoyed with it you just peel another layer off and there’s MORE.
Yes it’s hard it’s downright frustrating at times but all challenges are worth it in the end.
#FibonacciElmo, using #geometry & #math to create #art. The radius of each circle follow the numbers in the #fibonacci series 1-144 and are arranged using the #goldenratio. I then rotated a copy of the circles 180 degrees. If you bisect this image at any angle, each side will be exactly the same. #sesamestreet #elmo #mathiscool #kidsstayinschool #thepursuit to #createmore & #consumeless
Reports cards went out this week. It’s been a week full of extra work and overtime and professional development. Many 12-14 hour days. Today being another.
This evening my students gave their all in the “Math is Cool” competition to win participation ribbons. They left all smiles and thrilled. All is well.
Now I sit watching Disney movies and drinking red wine. It’s a solid Friday night.
