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Ellen had been teaching at the time, and was sick of “that kind of authoritarianism” so common in math classes...

Author: By Jayme J. Herschkopf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kaplans Teach Students 'The Art of the Infinite' | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

...Math Circle doesn’t work when parents force kids to come,” he says...

Author: By Jayme J. Herschkopf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kaplans Teach Students 'The Art of the Infinite' | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

Similarly, The Art of the Infinite aims to make mathematics more accessible to the general public. One tactic the Kaplans use is to present math along with the history behind...

Author: By Jayme J. Herschkopf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kaplans Teach Students 'The Art of the Infinite' | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

...book contains three “interludes”—short chapters that depart entirely from math. Robert explains their presence by drawing a parallel to a Math Circle class...

Author: By Jayme J. Herschkopf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kaplans Teach Students 'The Art of the Infinite' | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

...with the pace at which one reads,” Ellen adds. “Math has to be read at the speed of lyric poetry because it’s that condensed. It provides a smoothness so that you can glide across a philosophical conversation...

Author: By Jayme J. Herschkopf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kaplans Teach Students 'The Art of the Infinite' | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

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