Monday, August 17, 2009

Mathemagician

Something fun for the kids today.

I think I saw this guy once when I was in school. I'm always impressed by this kind of mental math.

Towards the end, for his finale, he does the mental math out loud so that you can hear his thinking. He demonstrates metacognition, if you will. Verbalizing the thinking process, which is quite intense. This is the direct connection to writing in math-hearing how one thinks.