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Empowering students with "The Math Connection." (television program)
In Franklin County, Massachusetts, students are making mathematical connections with "The Math Connection" television show, and the results are quite exciting.
Mathematics and
Television: Making
the Connection
Johnny NoMath is in trouble again! This week, he is wrestling a boa constrictor that slithers around his neck and arms and back. He valiantly but futilely tries to measure its length with a tape measure. Hopelessly entangled, he stares at the camera and says, "I wish I learned to solve problems when I was a kid." The scene shifts back to the television studio, where local elementary school students present the solutions ...
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