MathBridge is for students who already enjoy mathematics and want to go further. We teach it as a language, one you can learn to read, write and think in.
Students are asked to read mathematics long before anyone teaches them how. So we begin there, with the definitions, diagrams and proofs they are usually rushed past, and we slow down until each one makes sense.
It is the step most teaching skips. It is the one we start with.
It begins with learning to read mathematics. From there the path continues into writing and then into thinking for yourself. Each course stands on its own. Taken together they are a single education. The student who follows all three learns not simply to do mathematics, but to think as a mathematician does.
Learning to read mathematics, its notation, definitions and proofs, with real understanding.
Learning to write mathematics, so your reasoning is clear and your thinking is your own.
An independent inquiry into a question that interests you, and original work to show for it.
The one to one path is the heart of what we do. It is not the only place to start, and for many students it is not the first.
Two short sittings, and a written account of how you actually work. No score and no ranking.
The ideas that unsettle Higher Level students most, met in a small group before your class arrives at them.
A set of problems each Monday, and a written commentary each Saturday, so the language stays familiar.
The journal of MathBridge, where we keep talking about mathematics, education, books and learning, long after the lesson is over.
There is more than one way to begin.
Sit The Portrait. It will show you the one that is yours.