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It changes the problem in the minds of the student. If you call variables X and Y they wont assume that X and Y are special for this case. If instead you call t
by username90 5y ago
It changes the problem in the minds of the student. If you call variables X and Y they wont assume that X and Y are special for this case. If instead you call them kilograms and kilometers people will assume that you teach them something that has to do with kilograms and kilometers and not some general purpose math equation.
- adam_arthur 5y agoIt's easy. You say here's a general purpose math equation. Now here's an example of computing something useful with it, using real world concepts.
- username90 5y agoBut often those real world applications are way harder to understand than the initial abstract problem they had. Involving other subjects only works if the students are already well versed in those subjects. And before you say "just learn those subjects first then?", often it is easier to first learn the abstract math and then learn those concepts than the other way around, since making sense of those equations is hard even when you do know the math and close to impossible when you don't.