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COMMON CORE MATH

LET’S begin paradoxically with a summary: Old Math is rote memory and recitation of facts. New Math is rigor describing what numbers are. Common Core Math is intuition describing what … Continue reading

August 25, 2014 · 6 Comments

GMAX, THE SCHMID LSR—AND SET THEORY

DO YOU remember set theory? This amalgam of logic and geometry is fundamental to mathematics and was part of The New Math of the 1960s. Do you remember New Math? … Continue reading

June 8, 2014 · Leave a comment