I recently went back to community college for Calculus; partly because I'm sick of being a CRUD developer, and partly because it's cheaper than therapy. One main issue I have with math education is that it seems like professors go out of their way to come up with contrived examples in order to demonstrate a concept, but they don't apply similar effort into coming up with pragmatic examples of how to USE the concept. (I was the "when will I ever use this?" kid). I think math exists to solve real problems, so we should give examples of solving real problems
Math classes are often constrained for time because their curricula are mandated by an accreditation institution rather than designed by education experts. I feel that math could be taught less mechanically and with more historical context for the concepts. I've heard that people retain information better when it's paired with a story, so I feel strongly that history should be taught side-by-side with math
Math classes are often constrained for time because their curricula are mandated by an accreditation institution rather than designed by education experts. I feel that math could be taught less mechanically and with more historical context for the concepts. I've heard that people retain information better when it's paired with a story, so I feel strongly that history should be taught side-by-side with math