[Edu-sig] another "must have" generator

[roberto]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:24 AM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:
> For some of it, I'd expect to switch more into a "music appreciation"
> mode i.e. we spend too little time explaining why on earth we do so
> much around polynomials, make them an in-depth vocational exercise
> without promising anything specific about their job relevance.  When
> was the last time any of you needed to factor a polynomial for work,
> and couldn't use Mathematica?
>

i definitely agree with you and since i am a young teacher in italy i
am struggling to change the wave which suffocate the desire for math
in students ...

i plan to cook some resource where math is taught in reverse order,
i.e. starting from real-young world and only after you show the theory
behind

since i know many are on the same point of view, please let me know
how to get in contact with other teachers working in this direction

thank you anyway

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roberto
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