Math models creativity

Myth: "Creativity means creating works of art."

Creativity is not just about being artistic. There are many ways to be creative, and creating works of art is just one way. Creativity includes many things, for example, cooking, programming, interface design, and problem sol...

Consider what music or painting would look like if we treat it like the typical math curriculum.

• What if music education was all about theory, dots and lines that make up the language of music? What if playing and listening to music was put off until colleg...

Math is often seen as something you get or you don't. Most of us sit in class feeling like we don't. The fault is not with the subject itself but rather with the way we teach it. Mathematician Paul Lockhart wrote a 25-page essay titled "A Mathematician's Lame...