He recalls how as a young boy a math teacher had scolded him for working on a bit of recreational mathematics and laments at how wrongheaded this attitude is. He notes that the magazine Mathematics Teacher published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and specially dedicated to improving mathematics instruction for grades 8–14,Mathematics Teacher website National Council of Mathematics Teachers often has articles on recreational topics but that most teachers do not use them.
He recalls how as a young boy a math teacher had scolded him for working on a bit of recreational mathematics and laments at how wrongheaded this attitude is. He notes that the magazine Mathematics Teacher published by the National .Council of Teachers of Math!ematics, and specially dedicated to improving mathematics instruction for grades 8–14,Mathematics Teacher website National Council of Mathematics Teachers often has articles on recreational topics but that most teachers do not use them.