Greetings! I hope you all are having a wonderful and blessed summer!
I thought you might enjoy this interview I did a few weeks ago on HSLDA’s Homeschool Spotlight. It offers an overview of viewing and teaching math from a biblical worldview.
Spotlight on Math – Homeschool Spotlight with HSLDA from Paul Bass on Vimeo.
For our first specific concept post (see the schedule), I thought I’d offer some general thoughts on a part of math that confused me for years: algebra. Hopefully, this will help you see God’s handiwork amid the xs and ys.
What is algebra?
Algebra is the process of using letters and symbols to describe general quantities and [...]
I was recently reminded of the fact that many people use the term “biblical math” to mean something very different than I do when I use it. So I thought it might be beneficial to take a look at some different ways the term has been used.
Many use the term “biblical math” to refer [...]
Things have been piling up to post, so this post will contain quite a few different things.
Free Workshop
First off, I wanted to invite you all to attend a workshop this afternoon (Tuesday, March 18, 2008) at 1:00 p.m. CST I’ll be giving on teaching math biblically. You can attend right from your computers–and it’s free! [...]
“How many math concepts could you teach using just the objects on this table?”
The question came from my brother. We had just finished eating dinner, and I was brainstorming with him about some decisions I needed to make regarding the layout and content of Unveiling Math.
I looked at the objects on the table—our leftover food [...]
The other day, I had an opportunity to look at an Impressionist painting. Up close, the painting looked like globs of paint on a canvas. But from a distance, those very strokes of paint transformed into boats, shadows, and buildings—objects that simply would get mistaken for meaningless swirls of color unless the viewer took the [...]
Have you ever looked at your child’s math lesson and thought, I have no clue how to teach this. I’m clean out of ideas? If so, you’re not alone. We all face times when we’re simply not sure what to do or how to present something.
A few weeks ago, I knew I needed to [...]
I had read so many works on math’s history that I thought for sure I had learned all I needed to learn. But as I was trying to finalize a few concepts late last week, I realized that I needed to do more research. I needed to go back and read the original writings of [...]
