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Tag: mathematics education

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1924: George Green

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 28, 2020 · Episode: 1924 In which a miller changes the course of 19th-C mathematics. Today, a miller takes up mathematics.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1909: What’s the Problem?

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 19, 2020 · Episode: 1909 Where does the technical/scientific literacy problem really lie? Today, we ask, “What’s the problem?”

Tags Emily Dickinson mathematics education technical scientific literacy

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1633: Studying Calculus

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 4, 2019 · Episode: 1633 In which a Cambridge don doubts his own calculus teaching. Today, a mathematician misses the point.

Tags Cambridge University Charles Babbage John Herschel mathematics education rate of change the calculus

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2762: Aunt Sammy

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on June 5, 2018 · Episode: 2762 Mathematics and the Early 1900s Progressive Education Movement. Today, Uncle Sam’s better half.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2760: No Math

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on May 29, 2018 · Episode: 2760 Mathematics and the Early 1900s Progressive Education Movement. Today, doing away with math.

Tags algebra Columbia Teachers College geometry mathematics education National Defense Education Act progressive education Sputnik William Kilpatrick

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