Dr. Grayson Maas is the Director of Communications for the Art of Problem Solving, a unique solution to teaching math anytime, anywhere.
Motivated students in grades 2–12. We are the place students come to to learn math that they aren’t going to learn in school. Instill motivation in kids to want to do math. By and large math is traditionally taught with an emphasis on procedures, memorizing, and pattern matching. We are losing the art and beauty of mathematics by how we teach math in schools. We challenge them and ask them to rise to the occasion. We give them puzzles. We get a flood of serotonin when we solve problems. It’s not wrong to have the wrote, it’s wrong if that’s all you have. If you don’t move beyond the basics, you won’t be able to apply it later. If you take a problem-solving approach… We need to carve out time for kids to be uncomfortable with a problem. But how do we make time for that? It limits the incentive for kids to take intellectual risks. We can do this together. Education doesn’t just have to be teachers in a classroom alone. There’s a dissatisfaction because there is still a lingering question about how I would have done that. Rigorous activities early on! ASTE Keynote How to be a transformative principal? Carve out time and space for students to do some thinking without a goal in mind! gmaas@aops.com