Someone who fakes their knowhow of Singapore’s bar model method and stack model method—two problem-solving visualization strategies commonly used by local teachers and tutors—often oblivious that their audience could smell their half-baked knowledge in effectively applying these “draw a model” techniques to solve word problems.
Most school teachers and textbook writers could easily detect those local and foreign Singapore mask educators in academia, who often serve as supervisors for trainee math teachers.
by Fasters December 23, 2021
Also known as “Fake Math.” Any math courses or programs promoted by some unscrupulous individuals or shady institutions that promise to deliver pie-in-the-sky results to lure the gullibles or suckers, who are excited by form rather than substance.
Although tens of thousands of blue-collar workers and suburban evangelicals have been taken advantage of by MAGA math providers and politicians, millions of white parents and patriots in red states have been bought into the lie that their children are being indoctrinated by “woke math” publishers and multicultural math educators.
by Fasters September 20, 2022
The act of acquiring books and journal or periodical articles on the number π but letting them pile up at home without reading them.
by Fasters December 28, 2021
When math historians from the US and the West never fail to emphasize the contributions of white mathematicians on the development of the number π, with quasi-zero mention of inputs from their nonwhite counterparts.
With a large proportion of journal articles being published by co-authors from different nationalities or races, to what extent is pi colonialism still being practiced in academic publishing today?
by Fasters May 22, 2022
An excessive use of numbers or statistics to quantify everything and everyone, be it in the collection of data in a census or survey, the use or misuse of analytics or metrics, and data harvesting by big tech companies, with the aim to brainwash or control people, and to influence their decisions and habits.
Both governments and media conglomerates haven’t ceased to indulge in mathematical orgy to track people’s likes and dislikes, emotions and moods, and fears and worries.
by Fasters April 18, 2023
Also known as “Singapore Math in the Metaverse.” When thanks to Web 3.0 technology, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and non-fungible tokens (NFTs)—backed by blockchain technology to ensure authenticity and ownership—become common currency or key connecting points to the metaverse among math educators and geeky investors.
While Singapore Math 3.0 is still in its diapers, or is still wet so we can’t see its true colors, mathepreneurs can’t afford to be spectators that they miss out on the opportunities and experiences and new revenue streams offered by the new digital Wild West economy.
by Fasters November 08, 2022
A Chinese three-stroke character or surname that is pronounced as “wù.” As an adjective, it means rising to a height; towering; flat top; or bald.
by Fasters September 25, 2022