Insπre: Rethinking the Purpose of Math Education | Tisha Jones | TEDxGeorgiaStateU

Despite the fact that thinking about math raises some people's anxiety levels, there is significant push back when educators suggest new methods of teaching math. Math is not just about numbers, it is about thinking. When we change the way students learn math, we can change the way they think.

Tisha Jones is a dedicated educator with more than 11 years of experience teaching elementary students. Early in her career she discovered her passion for teaching elementary math and has since worked to develop better methods of teaching math to children. She strongly believes that all children can learn and enjoy math. Tisha is also a mom to two amazing boys, Ty (8) and Jaxton (4).

[peterfarrell]

Inspiring indeed. This might be my new definition of education: "Now, when they're stuck, they learn that they have to find a place to start by thinking about what they already know."

[shallom_]

By 5:00 pm, Train B at a constant speed of 80mph is able to catch up with Train A running at 60mph.
Both covering 240 miles. Train A took 4 hours to reach 240 miles while Train B needed 3 hours.

[conhecerepoder-adrianofari]

Using train A as a reference frame, the train B must travel at 20 miles per hour to reach the 60 miles that separates they both. So the train B passes train A at 1:00 + 60/20 = 4:00 PM

[Boognish]

"The purpose" of compulsory math education with low-level achievement has always been simple. We have to keep math teachers (usually STEM dropouts) employed.

[summersnow]

Absolutely brilliant. We need less teaching and more learning in the classroom. This teacher just demonstrated the difference between the two.

[trinity]

MMW pa more mga taga feu aashajjahaahha

[beemoo]

5:16 pm Train b pass train A. (3hrs and 16 mins before B passes through train A). Am i correct? please correct me if im wrong.

[adebola]

The answer to the question is '5pm' if I'm not wrong

[MrBGilly]

What really happened? Twenty students worked the problem, trying to creatively arrive at a solution. Three students came up with interesting and different strategies to arrive at a correct solution. 17 students were frustrated, arrived at incorrect solutions, and now have strong misconceptions built into their thinking. The teacher spent the remainder of the class time standing at “the front of the room” trying to explain the correct solution. Another 12 students are beginning to understand. In truth they have a surface understanding and it will take a lot of work to understand deeply. 5 students will have misconceptions that take years to undo by future teachers.

[carloscolon]

5:46 terrible bad math philosophy... the lady might have and education very limited in mathematics and its philosophy, and that is the problem of the nation that does not like to reflect and do philosophical inquiry, study classic literature on the topic. Ideas are more developed for their profit promise than for their coherence. Lets make math great again reviewing our curriculum, actualizing it in times of internet and going back to fundamental logic and its applications. Read Frege, Russell, Hardy, Dewey, Piaget, etc.

[damienblain]

Great Job!! I need you to teach me the new concepts so I can explain to my kids instead of them explaining to me lol