On the heels of yesterday's post about price and value, I was shocked by Seth Godin's latest blog post, fundamentally on the same topic. We at WCTC aim to be 10x coaches, training the next generation of 10x students, so that they can become 10x adult contributors....
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Math Under Pressure
This outstanding TED Talk by Barnard's president is mainly about choking under pressure. But how interesting that the example Professor Beilock spends most time on is girls' learning math. One of the excellent points she makes so well is that there's a difference...
Goodbye, Princeton. I Loved You While It Lasted
I will no longer be recommending Princeton Review's Math 2 prep books, because their latest edition features a test that is a problem-by-problem parody of an official College Board test. I don't have a problem with close copies of official tests -- on the contrary,...
10,000 hours?
You don’t have to make yourself miserable to be successful. Success isn’t about working hard, it’s about working smart. Andrew Wilkinson When it comes to homework, more is not better. You've probably heard of Outliers (“The Story of Success”), Malcolm Gladwell’s 2008...
Say NO to ROPO (In Private Education)
Return On Planned Obsolescence (ROPO), I have recently learned, is basically the extra money Apple gets when people buy a new phone while their old still works perfectly fine, but just doesn’t have the newest bells and whistles. It can also refer to extra money netted...
What’s Wrong With Math Education
"Math punk" Tom Henderson has written a brilliant essay that I have co-opted and edited here. In a nutshell, what is the problem with math education in the US? It's that students are mostly trying to minimize feeling stupid rather than trying to maximize their ability...