Does math class need a makeover ?

Today’s math curriculum is teaching students to expect — and excel at — paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html0,,6495968,00

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