Sunday, July 20, 2008 East Central Illinois

Let's try new way to teach mathematics

Thursday May 15, 2008
 

Mathematics has been around for ages. However, as a nation we still struggle with low math scores. Math is the lowest scoring class across the United States.

Society has done many things to try to correct this situation. I strongly feel the answer is simple. We need to incorporate math history in math classes. My favorite subject growing up as a child was history. The themes throughout the history classes all the way up to college have been a major influence on me and make me strive for excellence.

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