Math class needs a makeover | Dan Meyer | TEDxNYED

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Math class needs a makeover | Dan Meyer | TEDxNYED
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Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect - and excel at - paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.

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