Had Freud learned to express his emotions with the help of a “How Are You Feeling Today?” chart or Einstein learned multiplication while navigating the Cartesian coordinate system on the XY Chart, their contribution to the Twentieth Century would have been even greater.
Educational fads are fun to follow, but they mislead. Emotional and mathematical intelligence are necessary ingredients for a balanced life. We get that. Textbook publishers and educational bureaucrats prefer the acronyms of fads. These encourage new textbook updates and special government funding. A How Are You Feeling Today? and an XY Chart on the wall […]
This is for parents who may wonder what’s the big deal about the Cartesian coordinate system and why should my child become familiar with it. The quick answer is that it is the primary visual tool of mathematics. It helps visualize how numbers change when subjected to the same operation. For example, keeping with our […]