According to Thomas Aquinas, natural theology is mediate knowledge because it comes to us through the medium of God’s creation. Natural theology is the study of the creator through his creation. This very idea has me oscillating between excitement to study more nature and frustration in the obvious loss of translation. In college one of
Entire books have been written about the concept of margin. Margin is often seen as the spaces around our life. We find this in the seconds we steal in between activities or even in the white space in our class notebook. Having a good amount of margin in your notebook and life is a worthy
I watch my children struggle. They push themselves physically and mentally. We work hard. That is one of our family values: Hard things are worth doing and worth the struggle. Yet, watching my children learn, grow, and mature through struggle is never easy. Each year, when I start pre algebra with new students I emphasize
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Ancient mathematicians are a unique tribe. Exploring the works of Nicomachus in Algebra shows us that he and his comrades were thinking deeply, discussing thoroughly, and contributing consistently. Take the simple mean. Most students learn the calculation of the mean of a group of numbers as the sum of the group divided by the quantity
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Although we may want to pursue the wonder of the world and open the beauty of creation with mathematics, we often find ourselves in the weeds. We teach our children to identify numbers, patterns, and symbols. We teach them to compute sums and products as though the calculator didn’t exist. In short, we teach arithmetic.
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