Mathblogging.org Weekly Picks

We try to read every blog post that goes through Mathblogging.org. For the Weekly Picks, we collect posts in one category from last week to give you an impression of what the mathematical blogosphere has to offer. (Read this for more information on this change.)

Last week, we focused on “Education“.

Projects, lessons, etc.

• Mathy McMatherson has some resources on teaching computer science.
• Angry Math gives a concrete example of Confidence Intervals.
• math hombre prepares for a talk about GeoGebra — with a purpose!
• At squareCircleZ, Murray Bourne challenges you to predict the future.
• At ThinkThankThunk, Shawn Cornally teaches calculus with glow sticks.

Community

• At dy/dan, Dan Meyer’s new series Ladder Of Abstraction connects with language.
• At MT|SM, Marshall Thompson gives 5 topics he’s bored with, and 5 topics he’s in love with.
• Park Mathematics looks for a unified approach for teaching mathematics.
• At Mathematics under the Microscope, Alexandre Borovik reflects on women in the violent world of mathematics.

Art, Exposition etc.

• Let’s Play Math! takes on the “multiplication is not repeated addition” debate.
• At Mathem@ticaMente (translation), Anarita explains why 0^0 is indeterminate.
• exzuberant helps you find mathematical photos under creative commons.

Enjoy!

Mathblogging.org Weekly Picks

We try to read every blog post that goes through Mathblogging.org. For the Weekly Picks, we collect posts in one category from last week to give you an impression of what the mathematical blogosphere has to offer. (Read this for more information on this change.)

Last week, we focused on “Education“.

Projects, lessons, etc.

•  Without Geometry, Life is Pointless shares idea for a lesson on this weeks Venus Transit.
• Mr Honner takes a look at the mathematics of the NBA draft.
• Fawn Nguyen salvages a lesson on Roman mosaics.
• At squareCircleZ, Murray Borne models fish stock.
• At Teaching Mathematics, Dan Pearcy flipped the classroom for a lesson on circle theorems.

Community

• At f(t) – function of time, Kate Nowak comments on Diane Ravitch’s call to ask policy makers to take standardized test (see also the summary and discussion by Dan Meyer at dy/dan).
• At Algebra, Essentially, Emily Allman switches sides writing about her experience as text book editor.
• Drawing on Math reflects on state test prepping.

Art, Exposition etc.

• Mr Honner‘s math photography gallery has a new piece.
• At Mati, una profesora muy particular (translation), Clara Grima portrays Erik Demaine.

Enjoy!

Mathblogging.org Weekly Picks

We try to read every blog post that goes through Mathblogging.org. For the Weekly Picks, we collect posts in one category from last week to give you an impression of what the mathematical blogosphere has to offer. (Read this for more information on this change.)

Last week, we focused on “Education“.

Research, methodology, etc.

• Think, Thank, Thunk has some fantastic notes&quotes about competency based education.
• Doing Mathematics is trying to sort out constructivist vs discovery-based learning.
• At Maximing Learning,  Amber Caldwell explains how standards based grading helps her with high stakes testing at  the end of the year.
• Max Ray shares two comparative lesson designs, one for discovery and one for rehearsing.

Projects, lessons, etc.

• Mathematics for Teaching shares a Geogebra applet to explore the house of quadrilaterals.
• Math Mama writes… did a unit on Eigen-stuff.
• Math Hombre takes a multiplication game from MathForLove and turns it into a game design unit.
• Pat’s Blog extracts some observations on Pythagorean triples from a 1923 paper.

Community

• regularize shares the experience of a job interview for professorial positions in Germany.
• On the Albany Math Circle blog, Mary O’Keefe shares her impressions from the Julia Robinson Math Fest.

Art, Fun etc.

• Mr Honner shares a beautiful math photo.
• la covacha mathematica (translation) gives you the classsic: how many mathematicians do you need to change a lightbulb?
• Epsilon-Delta overheard it in mathlab.

Enjoy!