Quote – Denise Gaskins' Let's Play Math

Unending Digits… Why Not Keep It Simple?

Posted on March 11, 2015August 15, 2018 by Denise Gaskins

Unending-digits

Unending digits …
Why not keep it simple, like
Twenty-two sevenths?

—Luke Anderson

Math Poetry Activity

Encourage your students to make their own Pi Day haiku with these tips from Mr. L’s Math:

Pi-ku Poetry – a Pi Day Activity Uniting Haiku, Pi, and Graphic Art

And remember, Pi Day is also Albert Einstein’s birthday! Check out this series of short videos about his life and work: Happy Birthday, Einstein.

CREDITS: Today’s quote is from Luke Anderson, via TeachPi.org. Background photo courtesy of Robert Couse-Baker (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.

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Quote: Living Mathematics

Posted on February 18, 2015August 15, 2018 by Denise Gaskins

Only-dead-mathematics

Only dead mathematics can be taught where competition prevails: living mathematics must always be a communal possession.

— Mary Everest Boole

CREDITS: Today’s quote is from Mary Everest Boole. Background photo courtesy of State Library of Queensland, Australia (no known copyright) via Flickr.

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Get in the Math Car

Posted on January 28, 2015August 15, 2018 by Denise Gaskins

$Math-car$

Get in the math car with a list of destinations and no map. Take whatever route you want, and marvel at the things you discover along the way.

— Nick Harris

CREDITS: Today’s quote is from @Mr_Harris_Math, via Twitter. Background photo courtesy of Forrest Cavale (CC0 1.0) via Unsplash.

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Two Ways to Do Math

Posted on January 21, 2015August 15, 2018 by Denise Gaskins

Two-Ways-to-Do-Math

There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else — but persistent.

— Raoul Bott

CREDITS: Today’s quote is from Raoul Bott, via The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Background photo courtesy of Swedish National Heritage Board (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.

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Math Is Like Ice Cream

Posted on February 19, 2014August 15, 2018 by Denise Gaskins

$Math is like ice cream$

Math is like ice cream, with more flavors than you can imagine — and if all your children ever do is textbook math, that’s like feeding them broccoli-flavored ice cream.

— Denise Gaskins

CREDITS: Today’s quote is from my About page. Background courtesy of Pinstamatic.

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If This Feels Hard…

Posted on January 22, 2014October 1, 2019 by Denise Gaskins

TheRightThing

If this feels hard, that doesn’t mean you’re a failure. It means you’re doing the right thing to get better.

— Ben Orlin

CREDITS: Today’s quote is from Ben Orlin’s blog post Learning to rock-climb is changing how I’ll teach math. Background photo courtesy of Jason Kasper (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.

Raising Independent Learners

Posted on January 8, 2014August 15, 2018 by Denise Gaskins

My-long-term-goal

My long-term goal is for my kids to be independent learners, but the best way for that to happen is for me to be by their side now.

— Lucinda Leo

CREDITS: Today’s quote is from Lucinda Leo at Navigating by Joy. Background photo courtesy of Peter Werkman (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.

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One Right Way

Posted on December 11, 2013August 15, 2018 by Denise Gaskins

One-Right-Way

What’s really neat about mathematics is that even when there’s only one right answer, there’s never only one right way to do the problem.

— Herb Gross

CREDITS: Today’s quote is from Herb Gross, via Math as a Second Language. Background photo courtesy of kristos_b (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.

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The Mathematician and the Poet

Posted on November 27, 2013August 15, 2018 by Denise Gaskins

Mathematician-and-Poet

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.

— William James

CREDITS: Today’s quote is from William James, via the Furman University Mathematical Quotations Server. Background photo courtesy of Joe Maggie-Me (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.

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Teach Three Things

Posted on November 20, 2013August 15, 2018 by Denise Gaskins

Teach-three-things

I need to teach my students about three things: failing gracefully, persevering, and succeeding graciously.

— Hollis Easter

CREDITS: Today’s quote is from Hollis Easter, via Twitter. Background photo courtesy of Brenda Clarke (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.

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