Monthly Archives: October 2010

Mathematics in the News

Above image from The Newspaper Clipping Generator. Collecting news articles pertaining to Mathematics is well worth doing. It can add an interesting, real world aspect to your curriculum. I have a display folder of news cuttings I have collected over … Continue reading

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Infinity, History & Math

Presenting Mathematics to students as a seemingly unending set of facts and concepts to be learnt makes no sense. Mathematics has a grand history. The centuries are littered with examples of great discoveries. Why not share some of these with … Continue reading

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