
Philosophy of High School Math: A conversation with Violeta Kristof, Rivkah Schack, Laura Mazer, Joseph Perlman, and Steven Gaudin0
Philosophy of Education
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How to Use Physical Intuition in Teaching Mathematics
In general, in mathematics, if you're giving problems that are applied to various scenarios that you couldcounter physically, i think the kind of proper place for them is that you're selecting problems that help illuminate the concepts. And so it's something where, if your whole case is built around, look, this is going to be really important for your life, maths everywherebut you're going to constantly be using it. Verse s like actually thinking of wegi. I don't actually calculate how much time it will take me to drive from california to houston, even if i'm driving there, right? I just wl google maps it. Tat the challenge that i see an
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