Departmental Colloquium
William McCallum
University of Arizona
Excavating High School Mathematics
Abstract: There has been much debate about how to teach high school
mathematics in recent years, and some discussion of changing the mix
of topics in the high school curriculum. However, there areas of the
curriculum where the topics themselves seem to be archeological
relics, encrusted with years of neglect. Are they trash or treasure?
Perhaps a systematic program of excavation will help us reconstruct a
coherent architecture of high school mathematics. In this talk I will
look at a few examples of areas of the curriculum that could bear
deeper examination.
Friday April 10, 2009 at 3:00 PM in SEO 636