History
fulcrum.org was started mostly to explore a single question--what would happen
if we chose our mathematics education content and methods with the
stimulation and satisfaction of human interest and fascination as the
top criteria? (See the fire analogy.) The vast majority of research in mathematics eduction
is aimed at standardized content to be delivered by one teacher to
many students in compulsory courses in a state-run school. This is,
of course, understandable, but one has to wonder whether some other
model might produce superior results, or at the very least might be a
better approach for specific situations, such as in particular charter
schools, with at-risk kids, for use in home schooling, or in support of
informal and life-long learning. Or, at least, some of us,
apparently, have to wonder that. :) Questioning the standard model
of education led us to the directions we are now exploring.
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