“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: Math class needs a makeover | Talk Video | TED.com.
Can’t agree more, and it is not only math but in all fields. This is a major issue once at graduate level where you need find by yourself the interesting problems, you get to ask the tough questions and, as a bonus, you need to solve them yourself.
Ruminating... 