September 16, 2016
8:00AM - 9:30AM
240 Cockins Hall
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Andrew Hacker, on the math myth
Time: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Event Host: Literacy Studies and Mathematics
Short Description: Why do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? asks American political scientist and public intellectual Andrew Hacker.
Why do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? asks American political scientist and public intellectual Andrew Hacker. His 2012 New York Times op-ed questioning common core mathematics requirements became one of the paper’s most widely circulated articles. Though Hacker honors mathematics as a calling and extols its glories and its goals, he argues in The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions (2015) that mandating it for everyone prevents other talents from being developed. Andrew Hacker is Professor Emeritus at Queens College, City University of New York. This lecture is co-sponsored by Literacy Studies, the Department of Mathematics, and the College of Education and Human Ecology. For more information, visit Literacy Studies@OSU.
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2016-09-16 08:00:00
2016-09-16 09:30:00
Andrew Hacker, on the math myth
Time: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Event Host: Literacy Studies and Mathematics
Short Description: Why do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? asks American political scientist and public intellectual Andrew Hacker.
Why do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? asks American political scientist and public intellectual Andrew Hacker. His 2012 New York Times op-ed questioning common core mathematics requirements became one of the paper’s most widely circulated articles. Though Hacker honors mathematics as a calling and extols its glories and its goals, he argues in The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions (2015) that mandating it for everyone prevents other talents from being developed. Andrew Hacker is Professor Emeritus at Queens College, City University of New York. This lecture is co-sponsored by Literacy Studies, the Department of Mathematics, and the College of Education and Human Ecology. For more information, visit Literacy Studies@OSU.
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Time: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Event Host: Literacy Studies and Mathematics
Short Description: Why do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? asks American political scientist and public intellectual Andrew Hacker.
Why do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? asks American political scientist and public intellectual Andrew Hacker. His 2012 New York Times op-ed questioning common core mathematics requirements became one of the paper’s most widely circulated articles. Though Hacker honors mathematics as a calling and extols its glories and its goals, he argues in The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions (2015) that mandating it for everyone prevents other talents from being developed. Andrew Hacker is Professor Emeritus at Queens College, City University of New York.
Event Host: Literacy Studies and Mathematics
Short Description: Why do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? asks American political scientist and public intellectual Andrew Hacker.
This lecture is co-sponsored by Literacy Studies, the Department of Mathematics, and the College of Education and Human Ecology. For more information, visit Literacy Studies@OSU.
