User:Qbrodsky/sandbox

Article evaluation: Philosophy of mathematics education

• Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
  • The lead is confusing and too long
  • Central questions are distracting, could be improved
• Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
  • There isn't actually any information about the philosophy of mathematics education; only the lead and questions and a link to the Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal. Maybe start answering the questions
  • Add statements from education policymakers
  • Add number theory
  • Add people's distaste/fear of mathematics (link mathematical anxiety)
  • Add statistics about people in math (high school, undergrad, grad)
  • Add application to society
  • Add thoughts on why mathematics is important
• What else could be improved?
  • Answer the questions
  • The "further details" shouldn't be there; it should say it in the article!
• Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
  • Links work, but one is to an Amazon book. Is someone trying to sell their book? Book by Paul Ernest, looks like the editor is also Paul Ernest (user Rnest2002)
• Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
  • Bias about the Amazon book...
• What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
  • No talk
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
  • Stub, low importance
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Topics I want to cover

• Wikipedian page: Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/WP101MIT
• Physics requested articles: Wikipedia:Requested articles/Natural sciences/Physics
• Introductory electromagnetism (was a requested article)