#76-How mathematics can improve our lives and make us better critical thinkers-with guest John Allen Paulos
Thinking Clearly
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How Does Lekoff's Idea of Mathematics Affect Education?
Lekoff's idea is that mathematical notions arise from physical activities and kind of a metaphor. So all these notions in mathematics are kind of refinements of abstract versions of stuff we do every day. Lekoff: To teach mathematical notions via the activities that get rise to them, it's going to be a natural development instead of exposing them whenever you see this or that.
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