Paul Lockhart

(1960) Professor

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Paul Lockhart is a professor, best known for Measurement.

Quick Facts About Paul Lockhart

Born: November 30, 1960
Profession: Professor
Notable works: Measurement

About Paul Lockhart

Paul Scott "Paco" Lockhart is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut, a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Paul Lockhart · Page 2

Teaching is not about information. It's about having an honest intellectual relationship with your students. It requires no method, no tools, and…

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Ability

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No mathematician in the world would bother making these senseless distinctions: 2 1/2 is a "mixed number " while 5/2 is an…

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Bother

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“Teaching is not about information. It's about having an honest intellectual relationship with your students.”

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Education

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If I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child's natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I…

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And love

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Mathematics is the art of explanation. If you deny students the opportunity to engage in this activity-- to pose their own problems,…

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Art

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Mathematics is the purest of the arts, as well as the most misunderstood.

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Art

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In any case, do you really think kids even want something that is relevant to their daily lives? You think something practical…

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Cases

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Mathematics is about problems, and problems must be made the focus of a student's mathematical life. Painful and creatively frustrating as it…

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All time

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