Re:Russian Peasant Multiplication
by CamperBob2 on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:13PM
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The way we learned math was sufficient to enable us to build atomic bombs and go to the moon, all with slide rules for the most part. It has a proven history of working and working well.
It was sufficient to allow a few people to build atomic bombs and go to the moon. It wasn't sufficient to impart the mathematical intuition and literacy needed by the rest of the citizens in a modern democratic society.
"How to teach math to people who are way into that kind of thing" may be a solved problem, but "How to teach math to everybody else" isn't.
It was sufficient to allow a few people to build atomic bombs and go to the moon. It wasn't sufficient to impart the mathematical intuition and literacy needed by the rest of the citizens in a modern democratic society.
"How to teach math to people who are way into that kind of thing" may be a solved problem, but "How to teach math to everybody else" isn't.