A critique and commentary on public education in the Netherlands in particular with respect to mathematics. Focused on some misconceptions and my approach, experiments and results with small groups.

1. Puzzles
in Education
C h r i s E g g e r m o n t
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3. Art of
Certainty
Science of
Patterns
and
Structures

9. Guarini’s Problem (1512)

10. geometrygames.org

11. Gauß’s story
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16 9 3 8
7 13 2 7
11 12 0 8 Drawing without
lifting your pencil
Drawsome

13. #29 May 8, 1904

14. #29May8,1904

18. Magic Polyhedra (gelatinbrain)
Ultimate Magic Cube
MagicTile

19. Thank you!metagrobologist@gmail.com
c.eggermont@inter.nl.net
www.puzzled.nl