Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover | Video on TED.com

May 16 2010, 1:01pm

Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover | Video on TED.comSource: http://www.ted.comTED Talks 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.    Brilliant insights. This is how it should be done.