Teaching Sequences
Recently, I tutored someone in algebra. In his math class, he was covering arithmetic sequences as an example of functions. In his textbook, there were …
Logic
More Real Horsemanship
Honza Blaha: Open Borders. Absolutely amazing. Love it. This is the way it should be. All those people who must rely on abuse to ride …
On Francis Bacon
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John William Draper: “[Lord] Bacon was not only ignorant of mathematics, but depreciated its application …
Bad Nutritional “Science”
I don’t know if “Fatty foods may cause cocaine-like addiction” (by Sarah Klein, Health.com, March 28, 2010 2:42 p.m. EDT) is incompetent reporting, or incompetent …
Diet, Health, and Mental Health
In “An Unconventional Approach to PCOS,” Peggy Emch writes about how powerful a factor diet is for health, mental health, and well-being. When I was …
The Importance of Mathematics: An Example
The Lake Peigneur salt dome drilling disaster, which you can read about on Wikipedia and see on YouTube (and on EducatedEarth.com), demonstrates the importance and …
Cholesterol, Health, and How Science Should Be Done
Chris Kresser of The Healthy Skeptic interviews Chris Masterjohn about cholesterol and health: The Healthy Skeptic Podcast — Episode 11. Mr. Kresser said: This week …
Advice For Writing — and Math. And All Other Subjects.
In “Can You Drop It on Your Foot?” (National Association of Scholars, June 02, 2011), John Maguire says: Student papers are often unreadable not only …
Not All That Glitters Is Gold
In “More Argument, Fewer Standards” (Education Week, April 19, 2011), Mike Schmoker and Gerald Graff start off seemingly hot, saying: If we want record numbers …
How Not To Teach Math
No wonder Dan Meyer is a heralded educator: he’s a pragmatist who would have our kids’ minds be crammed into and restricted to the immediate …