Equity in Action: The Neuroscience of Student Agency
@nigel_nisbet
What problem is he trying to solve that everyone else seems to ignore?
How do we teach?
How do they learn?
What if mathematics could be taught the way the brain learns?
I SEE
I THINK
I TRY
I LEARN
I KNOW
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\frac{7}{8}+\frac{12}{13}
Estimate the Sum
a. 1
b. 2
c. 19
d. 21
\frac{7}{8}+\frac{12}{13}
Estimate the Sum
a. 1
b. 2
c. 19
d. 21
\frac{7}{8}+\frac{12}{13}
Estimate the Sum
a. 1
b. 2
c. 19
d. 21
\frac{187}{104}
=
\frac{7}{8}+\frac{12}{13}
Estimate the Sum
a. 1
b. 2
c. 19
d. 21
Majority of students chose "C" or "D"
\frac{187}{104}
=
\frac{7}{8}+\frac{12}{13}
Estimate the Sum
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Learning mathematics through algorithmic and creative reasoning, Johnson et al
Deep conceptual understanding
Deep conceptual understanding
Deep conceptual understanding
To ensure that all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world's most challenging problems.
OUR MISSION:
The volume of work often necessitates computers who can perform the routine machine operations with great speed, but who need not have much logical insight into what the results should be...
Memo: "Computing Group Organizations and Practices at NACA" April 24th 1942
The old way of teaching math was to make you do it like a machine...
The new way is to understand it so you can build the machines!
Equity in Action: The Neuroscience of Student Agency
By Nigel Nisbet
Equity in Action: The Neuroscience of Student Agency
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