This is the type of mathematical skill that is essential in application in most real-world settings. Mistakes are like little lessons all in themselves. If you face them as learning opportunities rather than reminders of your inabilities, then you're bound to be a better mathematician. To illustrate his point, Eggleton relates a story told by a father of two sons. One son was exposed to a very traditional approach, whereas the other child saw mathematics through the process of explorations and discovery.
Mistakes are like little lessons all in themselves.
If you face them as learning opportunities rather than reminders of your inabilities, then you're bound to be a better mathematician. Eggleton s visit to Crestview Middle School was photographed by Huntington College student Kristin Stangland. With about 110,000 members, NCTM is the largest nonprofit professional association of mathematics educators in the world. Eggleton is the newest member of the mathematics faculty at Huntington College. Eggleton completed his BS and MEd degrees at the University of South Florida and his PhD in mathematics education at the University of Georgia.