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i always found munging numbers and memorizing formulas discouraging. i think physics classes teach kids more math than math classes and in more interesting ways
by keymone 9y ago
i always found munging numbers and memorizing formulas discouraging. i think physics classes teach kids more math than math classes and in more interesting ways (or at least have potential to).
- throwawayjava 9y agoInterestingly, my experience was that your two sentences are totally contradictory. Physics and engineering was all about using memorized formulas to solve word problems, and mathematics was where you learned how those equations systematically fall out of some obvious assumptions. I think the real take-away is that both physics and mathematics can be taught poorly, and both can be taught well.
- keymone 9y agoi get a feeling you're not talking about elementary school. but i agree - both can be taught good or bad. bad is dumb memorization, good is understanding real world phenomena.