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Literacy and Excellence in Higher Mathematics

Everyone has their way of doing math. Accountants do number crunching. Engineers thrive in computational math. As for us, we like to promote higher mathematics as a way of life.

Beyond the One-Size-Fits-All Educational Model

Even Harvard faculty members admit that traditional classroom lectures are hardly an effective means of learning. What are you doing then to mitigate this inefficiency?

"The stereotypical lecture where the professor is giving exposition of textbook-type material to the students — I think that type of exposition can be done better with online video or by an interactive-tutorial format."

— Logan McCarty, Director of Physical Sciences Education, Harvard University, April 2012

"[S]itting passively and taking notes is just not a way of learning. Yet lectures are 99 percent of how we teach!"

— Eric Mazur, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University, April 2012

"[W]ebsites and laptops have been around for years now, but we haven’t fully thought through how to integrate them with teaching so as to conceive of courses differently."

— Terry Aladjem, Executive Director of Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning,
Harvard University, April 2012

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Literacy and Excellence in Higher Mathematics

Everyone has their way of doing math. Accountants do number crunching. Engineers thrive in computational math. As for us, we like to promote higher mathematics as a way of life.

Beyond the One-Size-Fits-All Educational Model

Even Harvard faculty members admit that traditional classroom lectures are hardly an effective means of learning. What are you doing then to mitigate this inefficiency?

"The stereotypical lecture where the professor is giving exposition of textbook-type material to the students — I think that type of exposition can be done better with online video or by an interactive-tutorial format."

"[S]itting passively and taking notes is just not a way of learning. Yet lectures are 99 percent of how we teach!"

"[W]ebsites and laptops have been around for years now, but we haven’t fully thought through how to integrate them with teaching so as to conceive of courses differently."