Tag: tokmath

Black Holes of Knowledge

Black Holes of Knowledge

We’ve all been there, “I’ll just watch one video” turns into ten and before you know it you’ve wasted an hour. This learning activity is designed to take advantage of our tendency to spiral down the youtube abyss but instead of wasting an hour, you 

Mathematics Debate: Structuring an argument around knowledge questions

Mathematics Debate: Structuring an argument around knowledge questions

In order to refine your skills at analyzing and articulating a response to a knowledge question (essay skills!) we’re going to have a collaborative “debate” presentation. Click on the learning experience description linked HERE for details!

Math Can Mess Us Up: Statistics in the age of CaronaVirus

Math Can Mess Us Up: Statistics in the age of CaronaVirus

Mark Twain famously remarked, “There are three types of lies: lies damn lies and statistics.” We’ve all heard statistics thrown around relative to the Caronavirus: infection rate, death rate, probability. The problem is that we don’t have accurate intuition in regard to what these numbers