Math class needs a makeover

Title:: Math class needs a makeover
Speaker:: Dan Meyer
Description:: 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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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 11:18

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