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Who hasn't feared the math Minotaur in its labyrinth of abstractions? Now, in Out of the Labyrinth, Robert and Ellen Kaplan - the founders of The Math Circle, the popular learning program begun at Harvard in 1994 - reveal the secrets behind their highly successful approach, leading readers out of the labyrinth and into the joyous embrace of mathematics.Written with the same wit and clarity that made Robert Kaplan's The Nothing That Is an international bestseller, Out of the Labyrinth offers an engaging and practical guide for parents and educators, and a delight for anyone interested in sharing the pleasures of mathematics. The Kaplans begin by describing the state of modern math education - the lockstep acquisition of "skills," "number facts," and "mad minute" calculations. Instead, they argue, math should be taught as the highest form of intellectual play, an endeavor to be explored and enjoyed by children (or adults) of any age. One by one, they dismantle the many barriers to appreciating mathematics, from the self-defeating belief that mathematical talent is inborn, to the off-putting language of mathematics, to the question of why anyone should care. They show, for instance, t

Who reads Out of the Labyrinth : Setting Mathematics Free?

Author

Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan, Kaplan, Robert

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781281158857

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Mathematics, Stem

Rating

3.45 / 5 (51 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13