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Chris Harrow

How Language Affects Counting « How the Brain Learns: The Blog - 3 views

  • Differences in classroom instruction and curriculum may be partly to blame. But cultural differences in computational ability may have their roots in the words that different cultures use to represent numbers.
  • There are some tricks that adults can use to increase digit memory span. These tricks can also be taught to young students at the appropriate age.
Chris Harrow

Freakonomics » The Way We Teach Math, Sciences, and Languages Is Wrong - 4 views

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    why the inertia to making needed changes in pedagogy?
Chris Harrow

Mullets: The Only Lesson They'll Remember | Mr. V's Class - 3 views

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    What a great math hook for a middle school class! Thx to John Burk for the lead!
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    This is so great! What a fun teacher! Great way to talk about proportions. Love the terminology and the kids using the language, "can we rank their mulletude"? Hey, did the better looking mullets have a Business to Party (or Party to Business?) ratio that was, "Golden"?
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