Edutopia – Neven Holland
“In my K–12 experience, I can’t remember why mathematics was important to my life. I do remember, however, a heavy emphasis on procedures with little application. I had great teachers back then, and at the same time, connecting student experiences to problem-solving was not as much of a focus in math education years ago as it is now. But if you asked me how and why I could apply adding fractions with unlike denominators to my specific context, I would’ve been perplexed. When students are able to see their lives through a mathematical problem, they build stronger connections and remember content better, compared with students under traditional pedagogical strategies.” (more)