Timeline for What should we teach to liberal arts students who will take only one math course?
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| Jun 22, 2010 at 20:14 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by S. Carnahan♦ | ||
| Jun 19, 2010 at 9:46 | comment | added | Harry Gindi | "Practical math" seems like the worst class ever. If you want to kill any remaining interest your students have in mathematics, this is a great plan. | |
| Jun 19, 2010 at 4:16 | comment | added | Sam Lichtenstein | I have to say, "practical math" doesn't sound like a very fun course to teach -- or take, for that matter. I think that an emphasis on this sort of thing may be partly responsible for the mistaken impression that math is "done" or "dead". That said, certainly "practical math" in the sense of basic numeracy (as others have suggested) is a crucially important skill for a person to have. But I suggest that a willingness to teach this at the university level sends the wrong message to primary and secondary school educators, who, in my opinion, should ultimately be responsible for teaching it. | |
| Jun 19, 2010 at 0:25 | history | answered | Andrew | CC BY-SA 2.5 |