Ankit Patel |
I am Ankit Patel. I am currently working on obtaining my BS in Computer Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology. If all goes well, that'll be in 2013. This was supposed to be a place to showcase my pet projects and various creative endeavors, but has fallen by the wayside given my various off-line activities. |
An excellent talk by Dan Meyer discussing the problem with current math textbooks, particularly how material and problems are presented. He touches on how the current format limits potential discourse when introducing new material and tries to cater to how society, in general, views problems.
“Math makes sense of the world. Math is the vocabulary for your own intuition.”There’s a winning quote.
Dan Meyer teaches high school math outside of Santa Cruz, CA, and explores the intersection of math instruction, multimedia, and inquiry-based learning. He received his Masters of Arts from the University of California at Davis in 2005 and Cable in the Classroom’s Leader in Learning award in 2008. He currently works for Google as a curriculum fellow and lives with his wife in Santa Cruz, CA.
