In Should We Do Away with Calculation, Conrad Wolfram says that if you want to know if students understands a computational procedure, ask them to do a program, let them code
Should we do away with calculation?
We don’t need to spend much time with calculation. Technology can do that for us. We can use the extra time saved for engaging in ‘higher-level’ thinking. Mr. Conrad Wolfram
Guest Post: Mega Math Challenge
Only a few days remain to register for Moody’s Mega Math Challenge So what’s the best way to teach mathematics to the fast-paced, multi-tasking young people of the information age? Crunching
8 Different Ways to Think of the Derivative
In his paper The Transition to Formal Thinking in Mathematics, David Tall presents W.P. Thurston’s seven different ways to think of the derivative: Infinitesimal: the ratio of the infinitesimal change in the value