tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255957639083024024.post8810072078387774211..comments2023-05-25T08:15:20.115-07:00Comments on {Musing Mathematically}: Talking with Children: Shape CentersNat Bantinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08088568485640783921noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255957639083024024.post-59277872910907304922013-05-24T06:10:33.872-07:002013-05-24T06:10:33.872-07:00Your friend has some solid mathematical thinking h...Your friend has some solid mathematical thinking happening. That's a very astute analysis for someone so young... even for students in my <em>current</em> mathematics classes. If one of SpEd students pointed that out, I would buy the whole class pizza.Matt Vaudreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293642878847593062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255957639083024024.post-89474075977762175582013-05-18T20:31:26.655-07:002013-05-18T20:31:26.655-07:00That is exactly what I said. I still felt like I w...That is exactly what I said. I still felt like I was destroying so much hard work. hahaNat Bantinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08088568485640783921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255957639083024024.post-72957307539511579982013-05-18T20:14:20.143-07:002013-05-18T20:14:20.143-07:00Hmm, can you just suggest that maybe he has a diff...Hmm, can you just suggest that maybe he has a different definition of center, and that one thing real mathematicians do is explore structure based on their starting definitions?Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255957639083024024.post-29973632915190709892013-05-18T19:54:59.408-07:002013-05-18T19:54:59.408-07:00@Sue
He is definitely chewing on things. And he re...@Sue<br />He is definitely chewing on things. And he really enjoys it.<br />He became discouraged when he convinced himself there could not be a true center. I think this is because school has told him that circles do, indeed, have one. He had worked hard to make sense of his intricate ideas, and then hit the brick wall of notation. <br />Tests and worksheets just represent the structure that school imposes upon math. Rules, example, exercises, and exams. In grade 3, he is already well aware of it. Nat Bantinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08088568485640783921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8255957639083024024.post-1113506505824141342013-05-18T19:51:19.994-07:002013-05-18T19:51:19.994-07:00Dang! This should not be a sad predicament. It sho...Dang! This should not be a sad predicament. It should be cause for excitement. It sounds to me like he's chewing on ideas. I love that he feels there's no center. He's making his own meaning.<br /><br />How do tests and worksheets play into this? Are those why he "slumped his shoulders with the weight of this reality"? Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.com