Playing to Learn Math? (v2) by Maria Andersen on Prezi. Download a Free Trial of Mathematica. Maths education failing in England, says report. Computable Document Format (CDF) for Interactive Content. Fundamentally Reforming Math Curriculum with Computer-Based Math. Conrad Wolfram | October 2010 Download I wanted to talk today about math education and then specifically reforming math education in a rather dramatic fashion, so if you've got eggs to throw, this is the time to prepare them!
I think we've got a real problem with math education, particularly in schools right now. Basically, no one's very happy. Most of those trying to learn it think it's boring and irrelevant. To understand what I'm talking about, let's remind ourselves what math looks like in the real world. Why teach math? So to understand why this is, why these things have got so separated, why a chasm has opened up, let's first ask the question, why do we teach math?
What is math? So the next question we might ask: what is math? Here's the funny thing. Calculating is the machine of math The crucial point here is math is not equal to calculating. And the critical thing to understand, this is no small problem. Now I don't think all teaching of hand calculating is wrong.