Ed Begle’s Laws of Mathematics Education

February 24, 2016 by 1 Comment

This post from Dan Meyer discussed Ed Begle’s two laws of mathematics education, which feel as relevant today as they did during his presentation in October 1970.

  1. The validity of an idea about mathematics education and the plausibility of that idea are uncorrelated.
  2. Mathematics education is much more complicated than you expected even though you expected it to be more complicated than you expected.

You can read all of Begle’s remarks beginning at page 27 of this document, which also includes many other presentations and papers from the same conference.

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About Bowen Kerins
Bowen is a mathematics curriculum writer. He is a lead author of CME Project, a high school curriculum focused on mathematical habits of mind, and part of the author team of the Illustrative Mathematics curriculum series. Bowen leads professional development nationally, primarily on how math content can be taught with a focus on higher-level goals. Bowen is also a champion pinball player and once won $1,000 for knowing the number of degrees in a right angle.

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