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There could actually be something to this and I would be all for it, but I also picture myself in that classroom environment and imagining being bored to tears because I could come up with the right answer without group activities or physical representations of abstract concepts.
There could actually be something to this and I would be all for it, but I also picture myself in that classroom environment and imagining being bored to tears because I could come up with the right answer without group activities or physical representations of abstract concepts.
@dew_the_dew @matrix
There literally is nothing to this.
"Modern teaching methods" are ridiculously stupid, if you want to teach someone about mathematics have them sit down and listen and then make then do exercises. If they can't take it, don't teach them mathematics, most people will never in their life need to know what a derivative is, forcing it down their throats hurts everyone involved.
Not like anybody is teaching mathematics anyway, rather they are teaching a vague imitation where you have to tease out information from incredibly stupid ""real world problems"" and then apply memorized rules until you get to "the solution".
There literally is nothing to this.
"Modern teaching methods" are ridiculously stupid, if you want to teach someone about mathematics have them sit down and listen and then make then do exercises. If they can't take it, don't teach them mathematics, most people will never in their life need to know what a derivative is, forcing it down their throats hurts everyone involved.
Not like anybody is teaching mathematics anyway, rather they are teaching a vague imitation where you have to tease out information from incredibly stupid ""real world problems"" and then apply memorized rules until you get to "the solution".
@servant_of_the_anime_avatars @dew_the_dew @matrix
> most people will never in their life need to know what a derivative is, forcing it down their throats hurts everyone involved.
This advice is bad and you should feel bad
Derivatives are a vital part of understanding the modern world.
You shouldn't have to force it down anyone's throat, either - if adults around them actually gave a shit about using their brains kids will learn this stuff naturally.
> most people will never in their life need to know what a derivative is, forcing it down their throats hurts everyone involved.
This advice is bad and you should feel bad
Derivatives are a vital part of understanding the modern world.
You shouldn't have to force it down anyone's throat, either - if adults around them actually gave a shit about using their brains kids will learn this stuff naturally.
@jeffcliff @servant_of_the_anime_avatars @dew_the_dew Even Wikipedia gives you an example in the first paragraph of how important derivatives are: "For example, the derivative of the position of a moving object with respect to time is the object's velocity: this measures how quickly the position of the object changes when time advances."
@matrix @jeffcliff @servant_of_the_anime_avatars @dew_the_dew >hey pal, don't you think you're driving way too fast?
>idk, let me calculate the derivative of the position of this car with respect to the time it takes to move a certain distance. Here, take the wheel while I'm at it
Real world problems
>idk, let me calculate the derivative of the position of this car with respect to the time it takes to move a certain distance. Here, take the wheel while I'm at it
Real world problems
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@kerosene @servant_of_the_anime_avatars @dew_the_dew @jeffcliff "Look ma, I'm solving real world problems"
