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Math is abstract. Very few to no other school level subjects are abstract. That’s why you hear discussions about pushing algebra out, but not about pushing ari
by rhaway84773 3y ago
Math is abstract. Very few to no other school level subjects are abstract.
That’s why you hear discussions about pushing algebra out, but not about pushing arithmetic out.
That’s why some schools replaced algebra with “data science”.
Abstraction isn’t easy.
But that’s precisely why math, especially algebra and the like, is so essential. It’s the only path to building abstract reasoning among students.
- derangedHorse 3y agoI don’t think it’s the abstraction, I think it’s the perceived lack of usefulness. I’ve known many individuals who are bad at math but can understand the abstraction of most programming constructs. I think it’s mainly because the pay off of learning programming has a higher immediate value (it can be used for a variety of tasks and can even help score a high paying job).