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Thinking Mathematics! content offers an uncluttered and joyous approach to school mathematics … middle school, high school, and beyond. Welcome indeed!
CURRICULUM VIDEOS: here and here . Close to a million views – despite their clunkiness!
ONLINE COURSES: at www.gdaymath.com.
PROBLEM SOLVING with the MAA’s Curriculum Inspirations.
MATHEMATICAL ESSAYS GALORE!: Right here .
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The Global Math Project: What is it? How can I get involved? Click here for an introductory video. And here is the GMP site.
Tanton’s Exploding Dots: Here is the world-famous topic in a lecture. All secrets revealed! Here is a written transcript of what he typically does.
WITHOUT WORDS and MORE WITHOUT WORDS SOLUTIONS available here. Go to Tarquin for the books and the posters!
TANTON and DR. HACKER debate: MoMath, May 2016. An ESSAY in response to the debate … with APPENDIX.
BACK TO BASICS concerns: January 2016 Essay.
EARCOS 2017 and NCSM 2017: Here are the PowerPoints of three of the presentations:
How to Think Creatively and Brilliantly in Mathematics
The Area Model throughout the Curriculum
The Power of Mathematical Visualisation
COMMON CORE STANDARDS: A video from a while ago on them re middle- and high-school work. What are they (like, really, what are we actually talking about?) and what are they ultimately trying to do. overview video . Good to couple this video with the APPENDIX to the Tanton/Hacker essay.
SOME EXTRAS:
Twelve Points about my Teaching
A Few Thoughts on Assessment: Some provocative thoughts on this subject of delight!
What made me a Mathematician (and why I teach the way I do).
TWITTER: @jamestanton : A puzzle a day in 140 characters or less!
Books galore too!
