THE PASSIONATE TEACHER

The Passionate Teacher

The Passionate Teacher

Accepted wisdom for the introduction of new concepts in a fashion that makes it easier to understand is to start with some examples. For example, the famous American mathematician Robert p. villas Boas had the following statement on the matter in an article entitled "Can we make mathematics a clear?", published in the American Mathematical monthly volume 88 (1981), pp. 727-731: suppose you want to teach the concept of "cat" with very young children. How do you explain that the cat is relatively small, especially predatory mammals with retractable claws, distinctive sonic output, ...