Articles by Professor B


The Choice is Yours: Math or AntiMath!
  • Our disconnected, fragmented "math" experiences in elementary/middle school were, in fact, antimathematical
  • Real mathematical experiences forge understanding (mental structures) through connections
  • Mathematics studies the structural development of connections
  • Math is easy - Antimath is hard
  • Students' status with an antimath foundation is an illusion-they are unprepared for the thinking required by higher mathematics
  • Proper use of natures manipulatives (childrens' fingers) is far superior for developmental mathematical experiences than conventional manipulatives
  • It is impossible to activate learners' intelligence with the antimath verbalizations of conventional math education

You Could be the Difference - Mathematical Excellence or Mediocrity for Your Children?
  • Become your child’s best math teacher regardless of any past “failure”/anxiety
  • The gift all children possess for learning math
  • Contemporary math education does not adequately activate this gift
  • How to activate the gift
  • Sample lessons that activate the gift
  • How contemporary math education programs children into becoming poor problem solvers

The Solution to the Problem of Mathematics Education
  • Children learn a story because its verbalization permits their perception of its internal connections and flow
  • When teachers’ verbalizations in their math lessons permit children’s perception of internal connections, their mastery of math is as inevitable as learning a story
  • Memorization in math education conditions children into becoming “non-thinkers”
  • Emphasis on structures conditions children into becoming thinkers

The Frustration and "Failure" of the Truth Seeker in Traditional Math Education
  • Why all children are truth seekers
  • How conventional math education damages truth seekers
  • How to rescue truth seekers in math education

The Nuisance of Memorization in Mathematics Education
  • How we deactivate/damage learners with rote memorization in math education
  • How we activate virtually all learners with mental structures in math education

Harnessing the Power of Language for World Class Mathematics Education
  • How to guarantee the transfer of mathematical concepts/structures from the mind of the speaker to the mind of the learner

The Professor B Math Program Saves Teachers and Parents an Enormous Amount of Time!
  • How we save a huge amount of time in math education
  • Activate the natural rather than the unnatural learner

The Professor B Math Program Has Delivered World Class Mathematics
  • Our delivery of world class mathematics to disadvantaged communities
  • The gift virtually all children possess for their mastery of math

What is the Real Core of Your Elementary Math Curriculum?
  • The core of the elementary math curriculum is the learners’ perception and experience of arithmetic as connected and flowing
  • Arithmetic is the trunk, not a mere branch, of the elementary math curriculum

Which of the Problem Solving Programs has These Vital, Common Sense Components for Success?
  • Contemporary math programs lack the vital, common sense components for delivery of huge gains in math scores

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