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! In his public service announcement, “Don’t learn the solutions before class!” and in the comments, […]
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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 issue of the course newsletter. Thank you! To everyone who signed up: thank you! When […]
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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 suffices. You can help kids become more aware of symmetry by playing folding, cutting, and […]
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mpsMOOC13 Observer July 23: Math faces; lack of ease
Subscribe to receive the mpsMOOC13 Observer by email | Read past issues | Visit the course page | Follow Moebius Noodles on Facebook This is the news from the open online course Problem Solving for the Young, the Very Young, and the Young at Heart. ASSIGNMENTS Last tasks of the course! Share stories about problems […]
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