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isn't it much better to get them interested in math without a need for games? The problem is: a lot of mathematics at this level is actually pretty boring but
by hugh 18y ago
isn't it much better to get them interested in math without a need for games?
The problem is: a lot of mathematics at this level is actually pretty boring but needs to be mastered anyway. The fun stuff doesn't come until late high school at the earliest, and mostly happens at the university level.
- dangoldin 18y agoThat's true but I think the issue lies in how slowly mathematics is taught: when you spend all of elementary and middle schools repeating the same material over and over. During elementary school I used to change all the minuses to pluses on the homeworks since I didn't like subtract but I was doing basic algebra (basic polynomials) before I entered elementary school. At that point I was reading interesting math books for fun. I was able to find some math puzzle books and was slowly making my way through those.
- hugh 18y agoYour experiences aren't really typical, then, and neither are my own. It's probably a mistake to extrapolate from our own childhoods to try and figure out what will work best for the vast majority of people.