Greater Than Code
Greater Than Code
091: Solving Puzzles and Productive Failure with Kim Vanderspek
02:03 – Kim’s Superpower: Being able to solve puzzles and problems and teaching others to do the same.
05:39 – Speaking and Teaching Math
11:44 – Using Technology to Visualize Math: Quilting, Sewing, Playdough, Boxes
13:53 – Incorporating Programming Into Math Classes
16:01 – Specialization and Efficiency
23:38 – The Cinderella Dress in Action
27:06 – Talking About Process, Mistakes, and Failures
34:56 –Teaching Problem Solving and Failure
39:08 – Perseverance Over Content
Reflections:
Coraline: Show your work.
Sam: The value of perspective.
Jessica: To be perfect, it has to be repeatable for particular people in a particular context.
John: Obstacles parallelisms. Fail first, learn from the failure, get better. But planning for that is integral.
Kim: Productive failure, trial and error, and doing beautiful things.
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Special Guest: Kim Vanderspek.
