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I have been intermittently trying to teach my 6 year old niece calculus graphically. She can visually tell what the slope of the curve is and filling in the ar
by mickdarling 16y ago
I have been intermittently trying to teach my 6 year old niece calculus graphically. She can visually tell what the slope of the curve is and filling in the area under the curve is, well child's play. :-)
- dantheman 16y agoI believe there was some work done using small talk to teach children physics where they were able to do quite complex things without having to understand calculus... can't quite find the link right now.
- b-man 16y agoTry looking at the constructionist articles, specially Papert's works, as there are a lot of them online[1]. Basically, the idea is that you can introduce deep mathematical concepts very early by adopting a more intuitive media. Also, take a look at McLuhan[2] to understand how the media shapes the message if you really want to go deep into it. [1] http://www.papert.org/works.html http://www.papert.org/works.html [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan
- ThomPete 16y agoSeymore Paperts Mindstorms program. Read the book it's brilliant. http://www.amazon.com/Mindstorms-Children-Computers-Powerful-Ideas/dp/0465046746 http://www.amazon.com/Mindstorms-Children-Computers-Powerful...