Comments on: “Wonder Years” Actress Visits Decatur High To Talk About Math http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/04/20/wonder-years-actress-visits-decatur-high-to-talk-about-math/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Thu, 18 Sep 2014 03:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Joe http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/04/20/wonder-years-actress-visits-decatur-high-to-talk-about-math/#comment-110010 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:38:29 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-110010 Seriously. Being married to a smart + beautiful woman has its perks, and downsides, whenever I make fun of her going to William and Mary at 15 (on a full ride) with the Real Genius jokes (amazing movie btw) i get hit back with, how many presidents / and /or world leaders came from W&M and etc lol.

]]> By: lumpintheroad http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/04/20/wonder-years-actress-visits-decatur-high-to-talk-about-math/#comment-109025 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:05:53 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-109025 All kidding aside, same here. My brilliant wife (earning her masters at Ga. Tech as we speak, after earning her engineering degree there) is the most beautiful, self-assured woman I know (good thing I married her!), so I don’t necessarily need Danica McKellar to tell me that women can be good at math.

If anything, I’m the one who needs help with math aversion. I was an English major for a reason.

]]> By: unclecharlie http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/04/20/wonder-years-actress-visits-decatur-high-to-talk-about-math/#comment-108913 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:56:14 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-108913 What’s unfortunate is that we need cheerleaders to travel around and sell math.

This seems like a common sense approach that has had some success in the UK and Canada:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/18/a-better-way-to-teach-math/?ref=opinion

http://jumpmath.org/

It is structured to avoid the feeling of failure and fear that kill math for so many people.

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]]> By: Joe http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/04/20/wonder-years-actress-visits-decatur-high-to-talk-about-math/#comment-108868 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:10:30 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-108868 Oh winnie cooper Super hot and super smart. Reminds me of my wife.

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