Re:An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adop...
by EMIRELADERO on Thursday July 10, 2025 @06:40PM
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Wow. Now there's a quote:
> "Youngsters who are immersed in this popular culture are accustomed to large doses of passive, visual entertainment. They tend to develop a short attention span, and expect immediate gratification. They are usually ill equipped to study mathematics, because they lack patience, self-discipline, the ability to concentrate for long periods, and reading comprehension and writing skills."
For context, the essay is from 1996. You could have told me this is from the current year and I would have believed you.
Re:An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adop...
by ultrarunner on Thursday July 10, 2025 @06:48PM
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> You could have told me this is from the current year and I would have believed you.
Agreed. It's a matter of degree, and I wonder what reaching the eventual limit (if there is one) looks like.
Re:An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adop...
by bombcar on Thursday July 10, 2025 @06:55PM
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There’s a platonic dialogue that has basically the same sentiment.
Re:An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adop...
by eikenberry on Friday July 11, 2025 @01:34PM
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People see what they want to see, even very smart people.
Re:An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adop...
by ReDeiPirati on Friday July 11, 2025 @04:11AM
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Ultimately those are tools and I think the goal is to educate students to use them properly. Also because I don't expect the knowledge paradox to disappear anytime soon with these models.
Neal Koblitz's "The Case Against Computers in Math Education".