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| On Math Teaching: Lockhart's Lament (maa.org) | ||
| recommended by 2 users | 2008 | 46 points by orib | mathematics | original thread | | ||
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Reminds me very much of Lockhart's Lament[1] - an excellent essay on the state of mathematics education, and which has featured on HN several times[2]. So yeah, if this topic interests you and you haven't yet read the lament, go and read it! [1] http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf [2]a http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=130499 |
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| 1. | Lockhart's Lament: On Mathematics at School (maa.org) | |
| recommended by 2 users | 2008 | 70 points by hhm | original thread | | ||
Read A Mathematician’s Lament (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=256176). It does a pretty good job (among other things) on explaining what the math is all about.