Comments on: Mathemagic (Arthur Benjamin at TED) http://www.logicnest.com/archives/102 The personal weblog of Ian Luke Kane. Thoughts on mathematics, logic, and life. The beauty therein and the strangeness of it all. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:16:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Logic Nest · The Summit of Math Education: Statistics, not Calculus http://www.logicnest.com/archives/102/comment-page-1#comment-6900 Logic Nest · The Summit of Math Education: Statistics, not Calculus Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:46:40 +0000 http://www.logicnest.com/archives/102#comment-6900 [...] by mathemagician and professor Arthur Benjamin (about whom I’ve previously blogged about here), is the best idea I’ve heard about math education in a LONG time. Perhaps ever. Just as I [...] [...] by mathemagician and professor Arthur Benjamin (about whom I’ve previously blogged about here), is the best idea I’ve heard about math education in a LONG time. Perhaps ever. Just as I [...]

]]> By: Quan http://www.logicnest.com/archives/102/comment-page-1#comment-6494 Quan Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:31:20 +0000 http://www.logicnest.com/archives/102#comment-6494 Art Benjamin is a cool guy. I took a class from him when I was as freshman at Harvey Mudd College, so I got to see him do some spiffy things in class. Quan Art Benjamin is a cool guy. I took a class from him when I was as freshman at Harvey Mudd College, so I got to see him do some spiffy things in class.

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]]> By: Mário Freitas http://www.logicnest.com/archives/102/comment-page-1#comment-6412 Mário Freitas Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:56:53 +0000 http://www.logicnest.com/archives/102#comment-6412 Hi, I was not much surprised at all when I saw this, since I already was aware of the fact that there are people with these calculation skills. I was though impressed how quickly Benjamin was able to answer every question he was asked during his performance, without even failing a single one of them. I'm asking myself: "Why didn't I have a mathematics education more similar to mathemagics?" and "Why is our education system like this?". It's seems to me that mathemagic might be the key to make maths more intuitive and pleasant to everybody, especially students who dislike this subject. Hi,
I was not much surprised at all when I saw this, since I already was aware of the fact that there are people with these calculation skills. I was though impressed how quickly Benjamin was able to answer every question he was asked during his performance, without even failing a single one of them. I’m asking myself: “Why didn’t I have a mathematics education more similar to mathemagics?” and “Why is our education system like this?”. It’s seems to me that mathemagic might be the key to make maths more intuitive and pleasant to everybody, especially students who dislike this subject.

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