Answer for ‘why?’ | Teacher Talk with Dan Finkel

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July 8, 2019May 12, 2020

‘But why does it work that way?’ We often don’t get to answer the why’s of mathematics and this leaves students feeling deflated and discouraged in taking their mathematics education further. Dan Finkel discusses how we can answer for ‘why?’

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