BAD Guidelines are guidelines produced by the British Association of Dermatologists. The association must be either (1) aware or (2) unaware that its acronym provokes notice. (We would be interested in hearing from any historian who knows the internal politics behind choosing and propagating that curious acronym. (Thanks to investigator Ivan Oransky for bringing it […]
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Why Students Hate Algebra
Dan Meyer (a different Dan Meyer than the Ig Nobel Prize-winning swordswallower) writes: (One Of Many Reasons) Why Students Hate Algebra [At a “professional development day” for all us math teachers, a math coach presented this as a good problem to give students:] A youth group with 26 members is going to the beach. There […]