Teachers! When am I ever going to use this? @stecks talks Pythagoras in the real world. This weekend’s New Scientist or on the website. #iTeachMath#MTBoS
John Dutton got a nice picture of me presenting at the first inaugural Ohio CS summit! Here I am giving my usual sermon about how the black hole image in 2019 is a great example of how CS and modern science go hand in hand. @edutooters#iteachphysics#iteachmath
Following on from a discussion on misconceptions in Maths on Friday, gauging if there is any appetite for me finally publishing my self explanation prompts for worked examples. It'll be a slow process, but if I'm going to start the holiday is the time to start! (Poll in next post) #MTBoS#iTeachMath#MathChat#MathsEdChat
Poll - would you use them for reference (pictures only), as a resource (editable files) or not all bothered (probably wouldn't use or refer to them)? (see pictures above) #MTBoS#iTeachMath#MathChat#MathsEdChat
I solve a problem about coincidence, but really it's about problem solving and bakes in some stuff about mathematical thinking, creativity, and communication.
"TL;DR: an unassembled jigsaw puzzle takes up an area that is the square root of 3 times the area of the assembled puzzle, or about 1.7 times the assembled area. This is independent of the number of pieces."
There was that song I wrote.
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I'm three days older than I was last night
Wondering if I put wrong what once went right
And I would hit rewind but time's being unkind
Destinies intertwined now I'm losing my mind!
I can speak of tomorrow but not yesterday
For when history changes your past goes away
I altered one thing that was causing me strife
The tapestry tore changing everyone's life
Maybe that's fine, maybe it's not
Who draws the line, who calls the shot?
Personified math characters have graphical hairstyles. You draw the characters, you learn the graphs, and vice versa.
That was the spark in 2011, that's why I'm math-tans everywhere on the web, that's when I first started posting illustrated serials online. It's on indefinite hiatus due to lack of reader engagement, but we're due for the 13th annual ChristMaths parody later this month. http://mathtans.ca
Seems on the podcast that Pam Harris isn't over in mathstodon parts ;( I'm listening to https://www.buzzsprout.com/1062400/13776761 which is about division strategies and they're talking about how much you can do with knowing about halves, and all the different ways we represent division and ratios.
Thinkin' "and I want to hear that one about problem strings & strategies" (b/c I think my half lesson that went so well was basically "problem string" that inspired good strategies) and HEY! I rode the bus today, I know what I'll be doing on the way home...
{Cross-posted from Bksy}
{Responding to @geoffkrall post about how AI seems to always miss the mark on simple math stuff}
I don't know why people expect Large Language Models to be good at math.
It's like when our students just memorize tons of problems without any deep conceptual understanding and spit back whatever they think of first...