Recipes for Mathematical Surprise

Description

If our students wrote down adjectives to describe math class, "surprising" might not make the top ten. And yet surprise is an emotion that makes us interested, prepares us to learn, and prepares us to prove. We'll experience mathematical surprise and discuss three recipes for creating surprise throughout K-12 mathematics.

Lead Speaker

Dan Meyer, Desmos

Audience

General Interest

Topics

For the Love and Joy of Mathematics

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