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My company (Amplify) is trying to change this. We make the Desmos Math curriculum ( https://teacher.desmos.com https://teacher.desmos.com ), which teaches math
by aaronharnly 4y ago
My company (Amplify) is trying to change this. We make the Desmos Math curriculum ( https://teacher.desmos.com https://teacher.desmos.com ), which teaches math with digitally-enabled live, interactive, social exploration of mathematical concepts.
As the article describes, you have to /feel/ certain concepts before you can apply the abstract terms to them. Getting students “playing”, seeing many many examples, especially from one another, and building their own examples is key. We build upon the open Illustrative Mathematics[1] base for scope and sequence, but dramatically improve the pedagogy IMO.
One good lesson to see what it’s like is the Line of Best Fit:
https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/56fab6bc1ab86b1f0600369d https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/56fab6bc1a...
It’s hard to do well and not every topic is fully amenable to it! But we’re working hard on it (and PS, hiring engineers… email me!)
[1] https://illustrativemathematics.org/ https://illustrativemathematics.org/
- throwoutway 4y agoThis looks cool. But do I have to be a student at a school to use it? Can I pay a few bucks a month to do it in my free time as an adult? Thanks!
- aaronharnly 4y agoThanks for the interest! It’s designed for use in schools, but let me see if there’s something reasonable we can do. I’ll reply back here.
- rahimnathwani 4y agoAmplify also owns Mathigon, which is amazing. https://mathigon.org/polypad#numbers https://mathigon.org/polypad#numbers
- rawgabbit 4y agoI love your scientific calculator and graphing calculators!
- aaronharnly 4y agoThanks! Those are made by a close partner, the Desmos Public Benefit Corp, which split off from the curriculum to focus on keeping the calculators free and widely available. But much of their DNA is in the curriculum :)