Teaching to the test (II) Published on May 7, 2024May 6, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Good questions? The hardest part of teaching may be finding good questions to ask. Read More
Three dimensions are hard Published on January 30, 2024January 28, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Two is easy, four is elegant Sometimes the more sophisticated stuff is easier. Read More
Better but harder Published on October 18, 2022October 17, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Simple becomes difficult We ponder how the same scientific task gets harder with time. Read More
Technology and tedium Published on May 11, 2021May 9, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Riemann sums Sometimes technological advances mean things are less exciting. Read More
A small change Published on October 27, 2020October 26, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Making it harder We ponder the question of just what makes a math problem difficult. Read More
Don’t know much geometry (II) Published on April 9, 2019April 8, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Stuff I learned in school More reasons for apparently useless subjects. Read More