Dan Meyer Quotes

• I teach high school math. I sell a product to a market that doesn't want it, but is forced by law to buy it.

  Dan Meyer

  Teacher, School, Math

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• We're no longer intimidated by math, because we're slowly redefining what math is.

  Dan Meyer

  Motivation, Inspiration, Math

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• Students need to decide, 'All right, well, does the height matter? Does the side of it matter? Does the color of the valve matter? What matters here?' - such an underrepresented question in math curriculum.

  Dan Meyer

  Motivation, Inspiration, Math

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• Don't run with swords in your mouth!

  Dan Meyer

  Running, Mouths

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• The physical five oranges goes up the ladder to the picture of the five oranges which goes up to the representation of the five oranges as a numeral. This points in the direction of a definition of abstraction: when we abstract we voluntarily ignore details of a context, so that we can accomplish a goal.

  Dan Meyer

  Education, Math, Orange

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• Cold steel was not meant to be an after-dinner dessert!

  Dan Meyer

  Were Not Meant To Be, Steel, Dinner

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