Emily DeHoffUnlearning Math Part 6 — The Power of Working on Impossible ProblemsThis is the sixth in a series of articles exploring why math is often so adamantly avoided, and why I think it’s worth playing with anyway.Sep 101Sep 101
Emily DeHoffUnlearning Math Part 5 — Math is CollaborativeThis is the fifth in a series of articles exploring why math is often so adamantly avoided, and why I think it’s worth playing with anyway.Mar 1, 2023Mar 1, 2023
Emily DeHoffSo you’re afraid of mathMaybe you were told you’re not a math person Maybe it felt pointless, or impossible, or maybe both? Maybe it felt like there were too many…Jan 18, 2023Jan 18, 2023
Emily DeHoffUnlearning Math Part 4 — The Necessity of Making MistakesThis is the fourth in a series of articles exploring why math is often so adamantly avoided, and why I think it’s worth playing with…Dec 18, 2022Dec 18, 2022
Emily DeHoffUnlearning Math Part 3 — Math is Thinking, Not MemorizingThis is the third in a series of articles exploring why math is often so adamantly avoided, and why I think it’s worth playing with anyway.Nov 21, 20222Nov 21, 20222
Emily DeHoffUnlearning Math Part 2 — Math is ArtThis is the second in a series of articles exploring why math is often so adamantly avoided, and why I think it’s worth playing with…Oct 22, 2022Oct 22, 2022
Emily DeHoffUnlearning Math Part 1 — The Societal NarrativeThis is the first in a series of articles exploring why math is often so adamantly avoided, and why I think it’s worth playing with anyway.Sep 27, 20222Sep 27, 20222
Emily DeHoffThe Fundamental Counting PrincipleEvery field of math has it’s own fundamental principle or theorem, so it’s natural to ask, what is fundamental to combinatorics?May 24, 2022May 24, 2022
Emily DeHoffMaking Sense of BasesWe live in a base 10 (decimal) world, but that’s not the only way to represent numbers. In fact, computers operate purely in base 2…May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
Emily DeHoffThe Pigeonhole PrincipleIt’s early in the morning. It’s cold. It’s dark. You want to put on some socks but you’re definitely not ready to turn the lights on yet…May 3, 20223May 3, 20223
