Episode 59 - The Harmful Effects of Algorithms

Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 59.  Today we are looking at The Harmful Effects of Algorithms.  It’s hard to not just teach kids algorithms because honestly, parents are expecting you to teach that to their kids and it’s also difficult if you yourself have only ever solved math problems using algorithms.  But true fluency in math doesn’t come just by following rules and procedures it comes from being a flexible thinker.  Get all the resources mentioned in this episode at buildmathminds.com/59 

Om Podcasten

The Build Math Minds podcast is for my fellow Recovering Traditionalists out there. If you don’t know whether or not you are a Recovering Traditionalist, here’s how I define us. We are math educators who used to teach math the traditional way. Flip lesson by lesson in the textbook, directly teaching step-by-step how to solve math problems. But now, we are working to change that to a style of teaching math that is fun and meets our students where they are at, not just teaching what comes next in the textbook. We want to encourage our students to be thinkers, problem solvers, and lovers of mathematics..we are wanting to build our students math minds and not just create calculators. If that is you, then this podcast is for you.