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Lately I've begun thinking that the way maths is taught, with each new concept following on the previous and no real way to revisit older content, just might be
by shiandow 2y ago
Lately I've begun thinking that the way maths is taught, with each new concept following on the previous and no real way to revisit older content, just might be why people think there is a sharp divide between people who seem to understand all maths immediately and people who don't get it at all. Of course it might be the case that maths people exist, but maybe it's mostly survivor bias.
- jacobsimon 2y agoOne thing I noticed going through school is that math concepts are usually taught first before physics and other subjects —- precisely because the math is viewed as a prerequisite for the other material. But this always seemed entirely backward to me, because much of the math was invented for and motivated by people trying to solve actual problems in these other disciplines. I think we should teach people in the same order of operations, rather than treating math as an abstraction to be learned by itself.