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Re:American parents are sending their kids to 'Russian math'... by zeku on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @12:46PM (#28131086)
Thankfully for me, my college Calculus professor(in USA) banned calculators for Calc 1 and 2(the two required Calc classes for a computer science degree at my public university).

He was heavily avoided by many and "special" for doing so. I found it easier to forego the calculator as it allowed us to focus on methods and how/why over just moving large numbers around.

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Re:American parents are sending their kids to 'Russian math'... by sologoub on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @07:29PM (#28136114)
That sounds pretty awesome actually! It also probably makes it a bit harder to prepare the materials, since you need to make sure it’s reasonably computable by hand.
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Re:American parents are sending their kids to 'Russian math'... by zeku on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:48AM (#28142668)
Perhaps, but the guy had been teaching these courses for at least 10 years so he really had it all down. I mean he taught almost completely from his brain.

Total math teacher too, his university email is so full if you email him it just bounces back.

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