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I haven't read the book, but now want to, and just want to vent something I've been thinking for a long time---this, or something like it, is a really really im
by invalidOrTaken 7y ago
I haven't read the book, but now want to, and just want to vent something I've been thinking for a long time---this, or something like it, is a really really important project. We desperately need to be able communicate better about calculus.
- SQueeeeeL 7y agoI sort of agree, but the problem is algebra is fundamentally taught terribly in America, a lot of people get confused on simple operations. Here's the goldstandard essay exploring the failures of math education https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament....
- invalidOrTaken 7y agoI love Lockhart's Lament! Poetically, it could be seen as a mourning over a case of Goodhart's Law...