# Math class needs a makeover

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxNYED
- Speaker: Dan Meyer
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_class_needs_a_makeover)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.

## Lectures

1. [Math class needs a makeover](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dan_meyer_math_class_needs_a_makeover/db23f9dfb530), 12 min (TED's player)