What Patrick Honner thinks about mathematics
American high-school mathematics teacher, a Math for America Master Teacher for twenty years, a contributor to Quanta Magazine and the New York Times Learning Network, and author of Painless Statistics; he blogs as Mr Honner.
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3 dated positions, 2024 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Patrick Honner has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingMath teachers are uniquely positioned to help students see AI tools as applications of mathematics.
Their wordsI think math teachers are uniquely positioned to help students develop healthy, productive, and realistic attitudes toward artificial intelligence tools by making sure that these tools are understood as applications of mathematics.
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Their wordsAnyone interested in math should be paying attention to the unfolding story of AI-assisted mathematics, and this is especially true for math teachers, whose current students will enter a world where “doing math” is likely to mean something dramatically different than it does today.
- 20 months earlier
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Their wordsGet students doing mathematics. Engage them intellectually and socially. Pay attention to how they think. These should not be revolutionary ideas.