mathematics
A fascinating (mis)use of statistics
I’m actually working on a blog post about unschooling and math education right now, but sometimes you just read such a cool article about statistics that you have to share immediately, right? I’m going to put forward the hypothesis that statistics classes would be a lot more interesting (and informative) if they all had a [...]
Mathematics of Elections
There’s no better time to be a stats junkie than election time! A great site for families looking into “voting mathematics” is www.votepair.ca. The actual purpose of this site is to arrange strategic “vote swapping,” but the arguments presented in favour of this controversial practice (and the comments left by visitors to the site) really [...]
Homeschooling Horizons 2 part article
I have a 2 part article coming out in the September and October editions of Homeschooling Horizons magazine. Here’s the premise: This is a two-part series that puts forth the hypothesis that in our attempts to make math approachable and relevant to children, we have come to revere “concrete” math teaching tools when we should [...]