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I'm typing this on my phone as I sit in Geometry. Math is presented as several pointless tasks that need to be memorized, in order for the test in a week. For
by Jarred 15y ago
I'm typing this on my phone as I sit in Geometry.
Math is presented as several pointless tasks that need to be memorized, in order for the test in a week. For example, every exam tests if we "know" the theorums from the tested sections. An example of a theorem we were tested on is, "Each diagonal of a rhombus bisects two angles of a rhombus". Students can see that that statement is true, but students don't know why (including me).
As a result, we don't see any applications of it besides the test, the final, and future math classes.
I haven't seen any software that doesn't just make what teachers already do faster. Everything I've seen for math is just incremental -- things like putting a scantron online, or letting me find out what my homework is online. At this point, technology isn't helping me understand math better.
- Someone 15y agoAn example of a theorem we were tested on is, "Each diagonal of a rhombus bisects two angles of a rhombus". Students can see that that statement is true, but students don't know why (including me). The way to construct a rhombus is left-right and up-down symmetric. Because of that, you can pick one up, flip it along a horizontal or vertical axis, and put it back exactly where it came from. That operation keeps the diagonals where they are, and puts those to-be-proven-equal angles on top of each other.