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Why I teach math through knitting

  • Written by Sara Jensen, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Carthage College
Math in yarn.Carthage College, CC BY-SA

One snowy January day, I asked a classroom of college students to tell me the first word that came to mind when they thought about mathematics. The top two words were “calculation” and “equation.”

When I asked a room of professional mathematicians the same question, neither of those...

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