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Dear Math with Sarah Strong & Gigi Butterfield
Sarah Strong, a teacher at San Diego’s High Tech High, and Gigi Butterfield, her former student, co-authored the book Dear Math: Why Kids Hate Math And What Teachers Can Do About It. They are today’s guests on The Authority.
In the interview, Ross, Sarah and Gigi discuss:
Sarah and Gigi’s four-year student-teacher relationship and how they came to collaborate on the book
What the “Dear Math” letters are and how Sarah was inspired to assign them
The math stories and challenges that come up most frequently from students
How to get over being “fraudulently fond” of math
Designing a community…
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