Nice video on teaching Math from TedTalkshttp://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html :Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html that prompt students to stop and think. *(Recorded at TEDxNYED, March 2010 in New York, NY. Duration: 11:3* * * * *
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