A Mathematician's Lament (nonfiction)
A Mathematician's Lament, often referred to informally as Lockhart's Lament, is a short book on the pedagogics and philosophy of mathematics by Paul Lockhart, originally a research mathematician but for many years a math teacher at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, New York.
A strongly worded opinion piece arguing for mathematics teaching reforms, the book frames learning mathematics as an artistic and imaginative pursuit which is not reflected at all in the way the subject is taught in the American educational system.
Background
The book was developed from a 25-page essay that was written in 2002, originally circulated in typewritten manuscript copies, and subsequently on the Internet.
References
- Devlin, Keith (2009). Foreword, p. 9 of Lockhart, Paul (2009), A Mathematician's Lament
Further reading
- Paul Lockhart, Measurement (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012). ISBN 9780674284388
Paul Lockhart, Arithmetic (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017). ISBN 9780674972230
External links
- A Mathematician’s Lament (PDF)
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External links:
- A Mathematician's Lament @ Wikipedia