Math Education
Applying the Platinum Rule: A Conversation With Master Teacher Herb Gross
Herb Gross was born in Boston in 1928. He studied mathematics at Brandeis University and did graduate work in math at MIT, to which he returned as…
Math Education
Articles
Applied Math
The Nightmare of Algorithm Interviews
A recent widespread custom in the high technology industry is the “coding interview” where applicants typically stand in front of a white board for three or more hours…
Applied Math
Book Review: Peak — Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Peak — Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, 216 307 pages My Rating: 4/5 How does one…
Applied Math
Invasion of the Physicists
Wired recently published an article with the sensational title “Move Over, Coders — Physicists Will Soon Rule Silicon Valley” primarily concerned with physicists or former physicists working in…
Math Education
What Can I Do With A Math Degree?
There is no one, simple answer to that question. That’s because math degrees open the doors to numerous potential careers, including many that don’t even exist today, because…
Applied Math
Algebra, Asimov, and Missing Steps
When I was young, I could not get algebra. In particular, I would encounter magical operations like this: [latex]x + 5 = 8[/latex] followed by: [latex] x =…
General
Data Science Boot Camps II
NOTE: I will be posting to and administering the Math Blog while Antonio and his family recover from the fire at his home. Inc. recently ran an article:…
Math Education
Math Teachers Should Encourage Their Students to Count Using Fingers
Note: This is a guest post by Aditya Singhal. Remember when your parents used to scold you for using fingers for math? And we used to picture fingers…
General
Was Richard Feynman a Great Teacher?
Bill Gates recently published a blog post The Best Teacher I Never Had with an attached video extolling the virtues of Richard Feynman, the Nobel Prize winning physicist…
Applied Math
Data Science Boot Camps
Business Insider recently ran an article “Here’s what you should know about those 99% job placement rates at ‘coding bootcamps’— some of which boast $100,000 exit salaries” warning…
General
The Corinthian Colleges Scandal, STEM Shortage Claims, and Minorities
The United States Department of Education made headlines Monday (June 8, 2015) announcing that it would forgive the federal student loans for former students of Corinthian Colleges Inc.,…
Math Education
Review of Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data
Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data Joel Best University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California 2008, updated 2013 158 pages (Paperback) My Rating: 4/5…