Comments on: U.S. Math Education is “Broken and Must Be Fixed” http://www.economistblog.com/2008/03/14/us-math-education-is-broken-and-must-be-fixed/ Discussing the economy from A to Z Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:41:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Metric Conversion http://www.economistblog.com/2008/03/14/us-math-education-is-broken-and-must-be-fixed/#comment-1991 Metric Conversion Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:07 +0000 http://www.economistblog.com/2008/03/14/us-math-education-is-broken-and-must-be-fixed/#comment-1991 That was a great post. I will have to bookmark this site so I can read more later. That was a great post. I will have to bookmark this site so I can read more later.

]]> By: Professor Homunculus http://www.economistblog.com/2008/03/14/us-math-education-is-broken-and-must-be-fixed/#comment-1789 Professor Homunculus Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:12:37 +0000 http://www.economistblog.com/2008/03/14/us-math-education-is-broken-and-must-be-fixed/#comment-1789 Very interesting premise. There's no way not to agree that there's something wrong with the way schools are generally mandated to teach math, and that they are doing (again,generally) a pretty dismal job. It's harder to figure out where the blame lies, though. I think this is the kind of "hot-button" issue that quickly turns into a complex question/simple solution phenomenon. More important than even math education is critical thinking. I don't believe the answer is "going back to" anything. I don't even believe there is "an" answer, because the problem is much too involved for one answer. (Maybe I don't know what the heck I'm talking about, though.) I've put up some thoughts at my blog at <a href="http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2008/09/04/us-math-education-is-broken-and-must-be-fixed/" rel="nofollow">The Math Mojo Chronicles</a> and I hope you don't mind my mentioning that here. It's nice to see that you are covering such an important issue. It's important that America does turn into a nation of doofuses. We've been on the wrong track for too long. Brian (a.k.a. Professor Homunculus at MathMojo.com ) Very interesting premise. There’s no way not to agree that there’s something wrong with the way schools are generally mandated to teach math, and that they are doing (again,generally) a pretty dismal job.

It’s harder to figure out where the blame lies, though. I think this is the kind of “hot-button” issue that quickly turns into a complex question/simple solution phenomenon.

More important than even math education is critical thinking. I don’t believe the answer is “going back to” anything. I don’t even believe there is “an” answer, because the problem is much too involved for one answer. (Maybe I don’t know what the heck I’m talking about, though.)

I’ve put up some thoughts at my blog at The Math Mojo Chronicles and I hope you don’t mind my mentioning that here.

It’s nice to see that you are covering such an important issue. It’s important that America does turn into a nation of doofuses. We’ve been on the wrong track for too long.

Brian (a.k.a. Professor Homunculus at MathMojo.com )

]]> By: The Math Mojo Chronicles » U.S. Math Education is “Broken and Must Be Fixed” (?) http://www.economistblog.com/2008/03/14/us-math-education-is-broken-and-must-be-fixed/#comment-1788 The Math Mojo Chronicles » U.S. Math Education is “Broken and Must Be Fixed” (?) Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:11:42 +0000 http://www.economistblog.com/2008/03/14/us-math-education-is-broken-and-must-be-fixed/#comment-1788 [...] may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I read this in a recent blog post from The Economistblog.com: “From the National Mathematics Advisory Panel’s Final Report , released yesterday. It is [...] […] may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I read this in a recent blog post from The Economistblog.com: “From the National Mathematics Advisory Panel’s Final Report , released yesterday. It is […]

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