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Math's pedagogical curse – Grant Sanderson [video] (2023)

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  1. rramadass · · focus · HN ↗
    I recently came to know of the following which others might also find useful;

    1) Math Made Visual: Creating Images for Understanding Mathematics by Claudi Alsina and Roger Nelsen - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bookstore.ams.org&#x2F;CLRM&#x2F;28" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bookstore.ams.org&#x2F;CLRM&#x2F;28

    2) Roger Nelsen has also written other similar works like the Proofs without Words(3-vols), Nuggets of Number Theory: A Visual Approach, Cameos For Calculus: Visualization In The First-year Course, etc. - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bookstore.ams.org&#x2F;browse?Author=%22Roger%20B.%20Nelsen%22" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bookstore.ams.org&#x2F;browse?Author=%22Roger%20B.%20Nels...

    1. chrisweekly · · focus · HN ↗
      Awesome, thanks! See also <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;betterexplained.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;betterexplained.com (no affiliation, just a fan)
      1. rramadass · · focus · HN ↗
        For an interesting philosophical&#x2F;cognitive study see;

        Visual Thinking in Mathematics: An epistemological study by Marcus Giaquinto - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;academic.oup.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;11260" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;academic.oup.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;11260

        From the Preface:

        This book is not a mathematical text` a la Hilbert and Cohn-Vossen, not a psychological investigation` a la Hadamard, nor a How-To manual` a la Polya. It is a work of epistemology. But unlike almost all other writing in epistemology of mathematics, it is constrained by results of research in cognitive science and mathematics education. So the book has interdisciplinary roots.

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