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Go read Lockhart's Lament. Maybe you actually do like math, but school is just terrible at teaching it.
by LambdaComplex 3y ago
Go read Lockhart's Lament. Maybe you actually do like math, but school is just terrible at teaching it.
- SoftTalker 3y agoI hated arithmetic (still do), but liked algebra, geometry, and calculus (forgotten most of it).
- JadeNB 3y ago> I hated arithmetic … That is to say, ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision.
- apitman 3y agoI really enjoyed the Grapes of Math by Alex Bellos
- ughitsaaron 3y agoI have a similar background with math as the commenter. +1 to Lockhart. If the commenter finds numbers interesting they may also really enjoy his book “Arithmatic.” I found it so refreshing. It truly reoriented my whole relationship with mathematics.
- subtra3t 3y agoAlso read Measurement, by the same author.
- mathbook 3y agoCould you recommend a book that makes math fun for kids? Like 8-10 years old.
- SkyBelow 3y agoAt that age, I think it is less about the material used and more about how the parent, guardian, and similar figures approach the material. Are they telling the child, be it directly, indirectly, or just through body language, that math is fun and safe or boring and scary? Once they are older, kids will seek out their own peer circle for approval while also forming their own opinions and personal preferences, but at that young an age it is more about associating math with positivity and giving the child positive attention when they engage in math.
- hoyd 3y agoI had a sitdown in the sofa today with my seven year old boy talking about 6174 and how all those numbers end up there, as well as three digits with 495. I wrote a simple python sript that we could use to go through a lot of numbers to show this. We also talked about how many steps needed to reach those constants. Then we talked about if there were eight steps for any number and we improved the script further, but found none. Goodl talk and sofa-time ;-)