Archive for the ‘National Math. Advisory Panel’ Category

All 34 All The Time

$\bullet$Carnival of Mathematics #34, at 360.
$\bullet$The great Larry Gonick is at it again (cf. my fourth post).
$\bullet$Brent Yorgey on the Monoid of Partial Knowledge (pre-Haskellization).
$\bullet$Barry G. responds to “MathPanelWatch” at KTM.

Tu Quoque

$\bullet$Nonsense from an old source.

One may learn from this post yesterday in Mathematics Education Research that the NCTM Annual Meeting is going on right now. But the links are all getting me an error message (as of now).

Wait, they work. Let’s see. Oh, great. Statistics (“Becoming Certain About Uncertainty”). Just what elementary-ed needs much less of. Why are we not surprised. Oh, and don’t miss their smarmy attempt at looking like they’re on board with the Math Panel’s tepid denunciation of the lies they’ve been propagating for decades.

Why Don’t You Just Give Up, Doc?

$\bullet$Review and Critique of the Math Panel Report at MathNotations.
$\bullet$The crisis in University Mathematics in Australia (Terry Tao).

Because I Said So

$\bullet$A discussion of style in proofs at Ars Mathematica.
$\bullet$Hey, check it out: Math Panel Watch is back from the dead.

Live From DOE

The National Math Panel will webcast a discussion tomorrow morning. Of course I’ll miss it.

Here To Help You

$\bullet$The Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel was released yesterday.

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Vlorbik On Math Ed ('07—'09)
(a good place to start!)