MORALS OF AN ANECDOTE AS STARTING POINT OF A LECTURE IN MATHEMATICS
35th Annual Conference of the International-Group-for-the-Psychology-of-Mathematics-Education (PME), Ankara, Turkey, 10 - 15 July 2011, pp.23-30, (Full Text)
- Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
- City: Ankara
- Country: Turkey
- Page Numbers: pp.23-30
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The paper is on using jokes to introduce certain mathematical concepts. The main point is attracting the student to a discussion which is initiated with an anecdote. On the one hand some very common and familiar concepts are used to approach a problem, on the other hand it is pointed out that one can critisize almost everything mathematically. Some examples of jokes and their mathematical relations are also given.