false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255702345m/6232657.jpg 6232657 2 <p>“One of the best critiques of current mathematics education I have ever seen.”—Keith Devlin, math columnist on NPR’s <em>Morning Edition</em></p> <p>A brilliant research mathematician who has devoted his career to teaching kids reveals math to be creative and beautiful and rejects standard anxiety-producing teaching methods. Witty and accessible, Paul Lockhart’s controversial approach will provoke spirited debate among educators and parents alike and it will alter the way we think about math forever.</p> <p><strong>Paul Lockhart, PhD</strong>, has taught mathematics at Brown University and UC Santa Cruz. Since 2000, he has dedicated himself to K-12 level students at St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn, New York.</p> 6415263 1 4 2009 A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form total:12|5:8|4:4|3:0|2:0|1:0| 12 56 44 8 0 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:00:07 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 21:10:47 -0700 2009
This is a radical and subversive work in the best sense; it's brilliantly and comically irreverent toward that which is inane. What this particular author finds so ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 11:02:41 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 09:52:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 19:23:20 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 20:14:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 16:58:43 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 20:52:51 -0700 2009
The author's thesis is that math is an art, and we are teaching the grunt work of math, but not the enjoyment of the art.

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