Author: MariaD
Make math mistakes in public!
Looking at many polished photos of other people’s gorgeous vacations leads to depression, as Jessica Winter summarizes in Selfie-Loathing. What happens when students keep looking at perfectly solved problems, smooth proofs of theorems, and flawless geometric constructions? They get math anxiety!…
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The last mpsMOOC13 Observer: Thanks and lessons learned
Read past issues | Visit the course page | Follow Moebius Noodles on Facebook Time flies when you do math! Our open online course Problem Solving for the Young, the Very Young and the Young at Heart is almost over. This is the final…
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Multiplication, homeschool conference, Kaprekar: Newsletter July 30, 2013
Subscribe I am Moby Snoodles, and this is my newsletter. I love to hear from you at moby@moebiusnoodles.com Next course: Wow, Multiplication! We are working on designing a series of short high-energy courses for parents, Math Circle leaders, and other innovative…
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6 pictures that tell surprising stories: symmetry
Symmetry is beautiful. But why? Information processing theory claims it’s because symmetry saves us efforts, memory, and attention. When you look at a symmetric face, your mind only needs to process a half of it! With a snowflake, a sixth…
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