“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“I teach high school math. I sell a product to a market that doesn’t want it, but is forced by law to buy it.”
— Dan Meyer
Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover
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“We’re no longer intimidated by math, because we’re slowly redefining what math is.”
— Dan Meyer
Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover
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“Students need to decide, ‘All right, well, does the height matter? Does the side of it matter? Does the color of the valve matter? What matters here?’ — such an underrepresented question in math curriculum.”
— Dan Meyer
Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover
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