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Teaching Math Classically

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  1. INTRODUCTION

    Teaching Math Classically—Introduction: How to Teach Mathematics Well (Preview Content)
  2. LESSONS
    Lesson 1: The State of Math Education in America (Preview Content)
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  3. Lesson 2: How to Improve Math Education in the US (Preview Content)
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  4. Lesson 3: The Trivium and Mathematics Education
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  5. Lesson 4: The Grammar of Mathematics
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  6. Lesson 5: Mathematics, Memory, and Retained Learning
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    1 Quiz
  7. Lesson 6: Cultivating a Reflective and Collaborative Faculty
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  8. Lesson 7: Strategies for Reforming a Math Program
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  9. Lesson 8: Teaching Math with Socratic Dialogue—Part 1
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  10. Lesson 9: Teaching Math with Socratic Dialogue—Part 2
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  11. Lesson 10: Rhetoric in the Mathematics Classroom
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  12. Lesson 11: Taking a Liturgical Audit
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  13. Lesson 12: Constructing Mathematical Arguments
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  14. Lesson 13: Mathematical Proofs Students Should Know
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  15. Lesson 14: The Beauty of Math and Poetic Instruction
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  16. Lesson 15: Teaching Math as Storytelling
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  17. Lesson 16: Essential Elements for Teaching Math
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  18. Lesson 17: Mathematics as a Humanities Subject
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  19. INTERVIEWS
    Interview: Andrew Elizalde on Math Education
  20. Interview: Andrew Elizalde on How He Became Interested in Mathematics
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  21. Interview: Andrew Elizalde on His Journey into Classical Education
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  22. Interview: Bill Carey on Teaching Math Classically
  23. END OF COURSE TEST
    End of Course Test: Teaching Math Classically
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  • What appeals to you most about the idea of teaching in the poetic mode? If you are more comfortable with an analytical pedagogy, what steps can you take to get better at telling a story? How can you convert the objectives you want to reach into the climaxes of an ongoing story?
  • In what ways can you take the idea of “rehumanizing” math and expand it in your classroom? What are some methods to reengage your students’ imaginations?
  • How does Andrew’s illustration of the twelfth-century astronomers beginning to use trigonometry give you ideas for teaching by telling a story? What are the tensions he creates, then resolves? How does he keep the “story” going over several days or lessons?
  • To take up Andrew’s challenge: Is there one concept you can identify whose history would make a good story? Is there a particular application of math that you could work backwards from to the time when people first began to understand how to use it?