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    Tristan Stockford believes that switching to a discovery learning approach to teaching mathematics, as described in "A Mathematician's Lament", would stop schools from cheating students out of the inherent art form in math. While recognizing the challenges to fully switching methods, Tristan proposes a hybrid approach where new concepts are introduced through discovery learning, allowing students to experience the mysteries of each concept, before demonstrating how the modern curriculum teaches the same concept.

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    Tristan Stockford believes that switching to a discovery learning approach to teaching mathematics, as described in "A Mathematician's Lament", would stop schools from cheating students out of the inherent art form in math. While recognizing the challenges to fully switching methods, Tristan proposes a hybrid approach where new concepts are introduced through discovery learning, allowing students to experience the mysteries of each concept, before demonstrating how the modern curriculum teaches the same concept.

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    A Mathematician's Lament: Math Journal Entry #1

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    Tristan Stockford believes that switching to a discovery learning approach to teaching mathematics, as described in "A Mathematician's Lament", would stop schools from cheating students out of the inherent art form in math. While recognizing the challenges to fully switching methods, Tristan proposes a hybrid approach where new concepts are introduced through discovery learning, allowing students to experience the mysteries of each concept, before demonstrating how the modern curriculum teaches the same concept.

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    TristanStockford

    9/11/2016
    MathJournalEntry#1:
    AMathematiciansLament

    Ibelievethebestwaytostopschoolsfromcheatingstudentsoutoftheinherentartform
    hiddeninmathematicsistoswitchoveraltogetherfromthecurrentwayofteaching
    mathematicstoamorediscoverylearningapproachdescribedinAMathematiciansLament

    .
    Thatbeingsaid,Iunderstandthereasonswhythiscannothappen.Inordertomakeeffortsto
    stopthecheating,Iwouldpersonallytryahybridapproachofbothmethods.Iwoulduse
    discoverylearningtointroducenewcontent,havestudentswitnessandbeinterestedinthe
    mysteriesofeachnewconcept,andoncetheyhavehadthechancetowrestlewithaconcept,I
    wouldthenshowthemhowmoderndaycurriculumprefersmathbetaught.Forexample,in
    teachingalessoninvolvinggeometry,Imightfirsthavemyselfandthestudentscomeupwith
    ourownwayofsolvingtheproblemtogether,includinghowwemightwanttolabelourpoints,
    lines,anglesetc,andthenafterdoingthisIwouldmoveontohowamathtextbookwouldlabel
    andsolvethiskindofproblem.

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