Burn Math Class : : and Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself

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Includes index.
Act I. Ex nihilo ; Interlude 1: Dilating time ; The infinite power of the infinite magnifying glass ; Interlude 2: How to get something from nothing ; As if summoned from the void ; Interlude 3: A backward look to the future -- Act II. On circles and giving up ; Interlude 4 ; The nostalgia device ; Aesthetics and the immovable object ; Interlude 5: Two clouds -- Act III. Two in one ; Interlude 6: Staying sharp ; New is old ; Interlude N: (Mis)interpreted (readings) (re)interpreted ; The infinite beauty of the infinite wilderness ; Chapterlude [omega]: In nihilo -- Dictionary.
The author focuses on how mathematics is created rather than on mathematical facts and teaches the subject without requiring memorization or any mathematical knowledge beyond basic computation.

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how students could take ownership of their mathematics education submitted by tropology on August 27, 2018, 2:29pm Mathematics education obscures the process of mathematical discovery by paying insufficient attention to pre-mathematical concepts which are the basis of sound mathematical foundation and the processes of mathematical inquiry. This makes math a less creative and less enjoyable endeavor and many students merely survive math education to be done with it. This book offers an important perspective and should be read by anyone who didn't necessarily enjoy math (or knew that it was presented in a way that left them uncertain of what they had achieved) and by math teachers who would like to transform their pedagogy to avoid such outcomes.