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Is it time to kill calculus? [View all] marmar Sep 2020 OP
My son would say yes! Dream Girl Sep 2020 #1
Sounds like someone who didn't do well in high school math classes Zorro Sep 2020 #2
I gotta admit Cirque du So-What Sep 2020 #3
That's idiocy. Complete lunacy. How does that make any sense in our technological world? lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #4
AGREED!! HelpImSurrounded Sep 2020 #9
I'd be satisfied if they learned (actually learned) algebra and geometry, frankly hlthe2b Sep 2020 #5
No, it's time to teach it earlier! PirateRo Sep 2020 #6
* E10 HelpImSurrounded Sep 2020 #8
+∞ Midnightwalk Sep 2020 #14
By the time of the end Algebra II Chainfire Sep 2020 #7
My students demand certainty. Igel Sep 2020 #24
As if we haven't dumbed down the curriculum enough. HelpImSurrounded Sep 2020 #10
+1 And why we have Trump supporters. CaptainTruth Sep 2020 #20
I did OK with math up to and including trigonometry. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2020 #11
A lot of the article is actually asking a different question. Jim__ Sep 2020 #12
I find teaching data analysis to be a rough task. Igel Sep 2020 #25
Fascinating. My HS Junior granddaughter is taking pre-calc/statistics. Seemed odd to me. hedda_foil Sep 2020 #13
No. Some IT programming believe it or not, do rely on some pretty complicated formulas and such, SWBTATTReg Sep 2020 #15
The answer is more and better Midnightwalk Sep 2020 #16
I agree the teacher makes a difference. malthaussen Sep 2020 #19
Sure genxlib Sep 2020 #17
I am a mathematician...I've been wondering about this too. Lucky Luciano Sep 2020 #18
We might be able to learn something from Europe on this. CaptainTruth Sep 2020 #21
We're all Puritans. Igel Sep 2020 #26
Yeah, and the alphabet, the periodic table, thermodyamics, NNadir Sep 2020 #22
actually the concept of n representing an unknown # is taught in elementary school these days msongs Sep 2020 #23
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