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Lucky Luciano

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18. I am a mathematician...I've been wondering about this too.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Mon Sep 28, 2020, 01:51 PM

Sep 2020

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Of course, I don't think we should kill calculus. There should still be AP Calculus, but AP Linear Algebra might make a ton of sense given how critical that is to data analysis. I would love to see linear algebra become a thing in high school. Manipulating matrices is huge in this day and age. Being good at linear algebra is paramount to data analysis, probability/stats (covariance matrices, regression, Kalman filters), multivariable calculus, and optimization - not to mention solving simultaneous systems of linear equations which is the first thing people encounter.

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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