CTK Insights

Archive for the 'stupid education' Category

Posted in A must read, Books to read, stupid education by: admin
No Comments

29 Nov

Thinking, fast and slow - and irrationally

Daniel Kahneman's - Thinking, fast and slow - an amazon.com selection as one of "Best Books of 2011" received an inspiring NY Times review by Jim Holt. Thinking, fast and slow is the first of Kahneman's books that I'll be reading on my Android tablet. Kahneman's earlier Judgement under Uncertainty; Choices, Values, and Frames; Heuristics [...]

Posted in Arithmetic, stupid education by: admin
4 Comments

16 Jul

1, 2, 3 - Let's PEMDAS

The PEMDAS acronym is supposed to help students memorize the order of operations. I consider introducing and using it an education outrage. Let me explain.

© 2012 CTK Insights | Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS)

Powered by Wordpress, design by Web4 Sudoku, based on Pinkline by GPS Gazette