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A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form

By Paul Lockhart

Book information

Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Year
2009
ISBN
1934137170, 9781934137178
LCC
QA13 .L63 2009
Open Library ID
OL23192368M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1646369 bytes)
Pages
141\141
DPI
600
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

“One of the best critiques of current mathematics education I have ever seen.”—Keith Devlin, math columnist on NPR’s Morning EditionA brilliant research mathematician who has devoted his career to teaching kids reveals math to be creative and beautiful and rejects standard anxiety-producing teaching methods. Witty and accessible, Paul Lockhart’s controversial approach will provoke spirited debate among educators and parents alike and it will alter the way we think about math forever.Paul Lockhart, has taught mathematics at Brown University and UC Santa Cruz. Since 2000, he has dedicated himself to K-12 level students at St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn, New York.

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