http://www.logicnest.com/archives/377 The personal weblog of Ian Luke Kane. Thoughts on mathematics, logic, and life. The beauty therein and the strangeness of it all. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:16:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.logicnest.com/archives/377/comment-page-1#comment-6920 Robert Talbert Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:37:51 +0000 http://www.logicnest.com/?p=377#comment-6920 I'm in partial but not total agreement with Prof. Benjamin here. I don't care for his calculus::analog, statistics::digital analogy. But I do think that the discrete and probabilistic approach to mathematics is in the process of taking over from the continuous and deterministic approach, and it's probably time for our educational structure to start preparing students for this reality. Certainly I don't think I've ever seen a person -- whether student or professional -- where I've thought "I wish that person knew their calculus a bit better!" but I have definitely seen (and do see each day) people who really ought to understand chance and data better. I’m in partial but not total agreement with Prof. Benjamin here. I don’t care for his calculus::analog, statistics::digital analogy. But I do think that the discrete and probabilistic approach to mathematics is in the process of taking over from the continuous and deterministic approach, and it’s probably time for our educational structure to start preparing students for this reality. Certainly I don’t think I’ve ever seen a person — whether student or professional — where I’ve thought “I wish that person knew their calculus a bit better!” but I have definitely seen (and do see each day) people who really ought to understand chance and data better.

]]> http://www.logicnest.com/archives/377/comment-page-1#comment-6907 the holly Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:26:13 +0000 http://www.logicnest.com/?p=377#comment-6907 wow...this is really thought-provoking. thanks, ian! wow…this is really thought-provoking. thanks, ian!

]]> http://www.logicnest.com/archives/377/comment-page-1#comment-6902 Jeremy Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:43:20 +0000 http://www.logicnest.com/?p=377#comment-6902 This makes total sense to me! The main reason kids loathe mathematics in school is that they feel like they'll never use it in real life. Like he said in the video, statistics and probability are used more often than Calculus. If we show kids how they can apply their knowledge in every day situations, then they will enjoy learning. This makes total sense to me! The main reason kids loathe mathematics in school is that they feel like they’ll never use it in real life. Like he said in the video, statistics and probability are used more often than Calculus. If we show kids how they can apply their knowledge in every day situations, then they will enjoy learning.

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