Questions to Ponder

    • When you take a math class, do you want to know what it's for? Why or why not?

    • When you take an art, literature, or philosophy class, do you want to know what it's for? Why or why not?

    • If your answers to these two questions were different ... why are they different?

    • Do you think of math as being more like philosophy, writing, or art, or do you think of it being more like science?

    • Do you think of math as being creative, or as being about learning facts?

    • Do you think of math as being able to be beautiful and elegant, or ugly and clunky? Or do you think of it as just being there?

    Systems of Proportion

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    Janice Sklensky
    Wheaton College
    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science