The Math Myth (Hardcover)

from Daniel.Estes

My initial inclination was to counter-argue that it doesn't matter if one never uses mathematics such as trinomial factoring ever again because it's the "learning how to think analytically" that counts. But after some reflection I think the author has a point even though he's criticizing just one...

from aevaughn

This thought-provoking book suggests that need less advanced mathematics, and better math literacy. This revolves around more things like word problems, converting units, simple statistics, etc. The work suggests fewer topics like asymptotes, complicated radical functions, etc. This work suggests...

from hadden

An unimpressive book by a political scientist. The author attacks math as taught in high schools in America without really getting into the mind divisions that make modern mathematics relevant. While some of the points on the history and reality of teaching mathematics are relevant, much of it is...