Comments on: About http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com education | teaching | math | technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Will Farris http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-17298 Will Farris Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:03:03 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-17298 Neat! I was searching on voice recorders and came upon this blog. I would rather be studying math and philosophy but must pursue an engineering career for now. But my interests in these areas include hyperreals (infinitesimals), kalam arguments and infinity, and metamathematics and logic. For example, what kind of substance is a circle or number? Is math discovered or invented? (Both silly!) Must mathematical ideas have touchpoints with physical reality in order to be legitimate, and so on. So anyway, let's rumble... Neat! I was searching on voice recorders and came upon this blog. I would rather be studying math and philosophy but must pursue an engineering career for now. But my interests in these areas include hyperreals (infinitesimals), kalam arguments and infinity, and metamathematics and logic. For example, what kind of substance is a circle or number? Is math discovered or invented? (Both silly!) Must mathematical ideas have touchpoints with physical reality in order to be legitimate, and so on. So anyway, let’s rumble…

]]> By: Brian Elloway http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-16702 Brian Elloway Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:33:43 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-16702 Hi Robert Firstly - Thanks. I am starting a Maths Education Masters dissertation on Visualisation and Mechanics at the UK's post 16 level and your site has given me some new ideas and helped me to start to plan my work (I hope). Thanks again Brian Elloway Hi Robert

Firstly – Thanks.

I am starting a Maths Education Masters dissertation on Visualisation and Mechanics at the UK’s post 16 level and your site has given me some new ideas and helped me to start to plan my work (I hope).

Thanks again

Brian Elloway

]]> By: Kendall Giles http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-16429 Kendall Giles Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:08:26 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-16429 I enjoy your blog - keep up the good work! Best, I enjoy your blog – keep up the good work!

Best,

]]> By: Rev. Alex Klages http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-16142 Rev. Alex Klages Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:58:34 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-16142 If I hadn't gone into the ministry, I'd likely have done a PhD in mathematics, likely in number theory. So I'm going to link to your blog and live vicariously through it. :-) If I hadn’t gone into the ministry, I’d likely have done a PhD in mathematics, likely in number theory. So I’m going to link to your blog and live vicariously through it. :-)

]]> By: Rev. Joel A. Brondos http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-15144 Rev. Joel A. Brondos Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:03:48 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-15144 Hi, Robert. I noted your comments about Saxon Math curricula on the Veith blog. I'd be interested in hearing what math curricula your _successful_ math students used in middle school / high school. As the headmaster of a couple K-8 schools in the past 12 years, I've found that Saxon works very well in the early elementary grades, mastering math facts. But by the upper middle school level, I find that I have to supplement the materials with more of a conceptual approach to mathematics. I'd like to find something better which I don't have to piecemeal. So, I don't find Saxon Math "horrible" at the younger ages, but I think it could become so by the middle-school/high school materials. I'd appreciate your suggestions. Hi, Robert. I noted your comments about Saxon Math curricula on the Veith blog. I’d be interested in hearing what math curricula your _successful_ math students used in middle school / high school.

As the headmaster of a couple K-8 schools in the past 12 years, I’ve found that Saxon works very well in the early elementary grades, mastering math facts. But by the upper middle school level, I find that I have to supplement the materials with more of a conceptual approach to mathematics. I’d like to find something better which I don’t have to piecemeal.

So, I don’t find Saxon Math “horrible” at the younger ages, but I think it could become so by the middle-school/high school materials. I’d appreciate your suggestions.

]]> By: phdblogmiester http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-12421 phdblogmiester Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:04:17 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-12421 Dr. Talbert, I am adding you to my blogroll. Kind regards, Dr. Talbert, I am adding you to my blogroll.
Kind regards,

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