What are Optotypes?
Want to learn more about Snellen eye charts? A good article from Lorrie Frear an Associate Professor in the School …
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Math Love Poem
A short, simple and yet lovely math love poem – unfortunately cannot remember where I found it. Oh God, make …
Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to receive the Fields Medal – the highest honor in mathematics – has …
TABLES OF 6, 7, 8 AND 9 IN YOUR HANDS
Doing multiplication tables of 6,7,8,9 using your fingers. Really interesting method in this video. Very good drawing from Instructables illustrating the …
The Problem With Math Problems: We’re Solving Them Wrong
The Problem With Math Problems: We’re Solving Them Wrong From NY Times: The following question, from a mother concerned about …
Barbie Typewriter – has encoding capability
When the E-115 was adopted by Mattel as an addition to the Barbie™ product line, it was aimed mainly at …
How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math – by Barbara Oakley
In this Nautilus article by Barbara Oakley she does a great job explaining how she learned to became fluent in mathematics …
Olga Hotz
Olga Holtz is Russian mathematician born in 1973 specializing whose parents where both programmers and performs with the Berlin Philharmonic Choir, …
Why is Fibonacci series numbers used in Agile Planning and Estimations?
How many times do you get a question from a student like this? What could I possibly use this math …
Spaces of Silence
Introduction The theme of one of our priest’s homily was the need to pause, collect your thoughts, silence your attention …
Islands of Math 