Not sure how useful this is, but you can now find old posts on specific topics, by using the links on the right.--Henri
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Fan Mail
From a British correspondent:Hi! I ordered the paper copy of your algebra book on the net as a second hand book.Last year my niece was struggling with maths and I used your book as a resource for teaching and this year she has scored 100%.What a great book and concepts of teaching. Such an integrated… Continue reading Fan Mail
Search Page
I'm wrapping up a fair amount of work adding links and such to facilitate navigation within the site. One substantial change is a new no-advertising search page.--Henri
Summer Workshops: Early Registration Deadline
Reminder: I will be teaching two workshops for teachers this summer, as part of the Center for Innovative Teaching (CIT) at the Urban School of San Francisco. See below for more details and links.The last day to take advantage of the 10% discount for early registration is June 4. You have three weeks (though some… Continue reading Summer Workshops: Early Registration Deadline
TI-nspire
A correspondent asks whether I plan on posting TI-nspire activities on my site.I certainly don't rule it out. I have a TI-nspire CAS, which I intend to explore as a possible standard for my school. (We've been using the TI-89.) As I learn how to use it, I may well translate some of my TI-83-84-89… Continue reading TI-nspire
New Domain Name
Henri Picciotto's Math Education Page has a new domain name: mathedpage.org, (aka matheducationpage.org). The old URLs should redirect you to the new ones.Corollaries:This blog's new URL is http://www.mathedpage.org/new blog.mathedpage.orgMy new e-address is (henri 'at' mathedpage.org). Drop me a note if you notice I broke something in the transition.--Henri
Space update
From Washington, DC, right after the NCTM national meeting.By Saturday afternoon, the convention center was a ghost town. I gave my talk on Space to a room where fewer than five percent of the 400 chairs were occupied. I had succeeded in shortening the talk, and didn't need to rush quite as much as I… Continue reading Space update
Space
I added a fair amount of material to my Space page, in time for my presentation about the course this week at the NCTM National Meeting in DC. (If you're attending the meeting, my talk is Saturday, April 25, at 12:30 p.m., in Room 202B in the Convention Center.)--Henri
Abstract Algebra, follow-up
I added a paragraph to the Abstract Algebra Teachers' Guide, just in time for my NCTM presentation in DC. I'll be speaking on my Space class, and expect at least some of the participants in my workshop to head to that page on my site.The talk is Saturday, April 25, at 12:30 p.m., during the… Continue reading Abstract Algebra, follow-up
Abstract Algebra
Not long ago, I received some advertising for class sets of Rubik's cubes, which are sold along with a solving method. Soon afterwards, a correspondent wrote:I see on your website that you have done some work with kids on Rubik's cubes and group theory. I have purchased a class room sets of the Rubik's Cubes… Continue reading Abstract Algebra
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