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Letters to the Editor: Teach math as puzzles for kids to solve. That's more fun than memorization

To the editor: Math classes should be eliminated and replaced by another recess period. In other words, if mathematics or arithmetic was taught as puzzles to be explored and as a fun activity instead ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Subtract the shame from learning math. Add affirmation and hope

To the editor: Stanford professor Jo Boaler is hopeful about new approaches to teaching math, and I am hopeful too. In school, I encountered the wall of indifference in learning math that Boaler talks ...
The Vindicator

Teaching math must go back to the basics

We have had new math, modern math and now we have common core math — none of them are working and the last one is the most ridiculous way to teach math. This is supposed to make children critical ...
Seattle Times

Math: A necessary tool

Re: “Checking our math” (Oct. 19, Opinion): Math is a tool. For example, it is the basis for understanding the turn of a screw, the force and angle demanded to hammer a nail, the measurement required ...
Yahoo

Letters to the Editor: Higher math is everywhere. But should UC require all applicants to learn it?

To the editor: As a physics professor who uses Algebra 2 (and higher math) every day, I felt compelled to respond to the debate over how much math the University of California system should require ...