Mathematics in Baseball
Keyword(s):
The Real
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In the traditional instructional approach to school mathematics, students Jearn and practice a series of separate mathematical skills, then perhaps use them to solve simple, usually unrealistic, application problems. This approach has produced students whose mathematical knowledge is not only unconnected to the real world but unconnected within itself. Students seldom make intuitive sense out of mathematics approached this way. It is no wonder that they do not believe that mathematics can help them make sense of the world around them and are always asking, “When are we ever going to use this?”