Math class needs a makeover - Dan Meyer

Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. In his talk, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think. (Filmed at TEDxNYED.) Talk by Dan Meyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices