n this post, I’d like to reflect on story problems and the purpose of mathematics education. Consider this problem: Every week, Julie invites some friends over for pizza. Last week, she had four friends over and they ate one whole pizza. This week, she had two more friends over. If she orders two pizzas, how…
Month: December 2014
Object-Oriented Geometry
In an earlier post, I reflected on the relationship between mathematics, language, and computer programming. One detail of that has been on my mind quite a bit lately, as I’ve been teaching geometry. While early computer programming was heavily reliant on a strong knowledge of mathematics, particularly algebra, I think that programming has evolved to…