Another attempt at math education
Reasoning Mind was developed by a Russian mathematician because “he had a dismal opinion of American education, from kindergarten through high school.” (TMC.net)
His method is Web-based and uses artificial intelligence to move the student through the learning. Some things that caught my eye:
- “Learning how to think and reason”. Great - too much of mathematics is ‘Which formula do I plug it in to?’
- “Failure is not an option”. It is a mastery-based system which I think is important. Too many students are moved to the next grade but they are certainly not ready - and this sets up problems later.
- “Learning is hard work”. Hmmmm
Do any of you use it? Is it good?
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michelle said,
July 5, 2006 at 3:32 pm
hi i know this is stupid but im trying to enter this contest online and i cant figure out the equation. (im really really bad at math) so anyways the equation is
(( (10 + 8 ) x 2 ) - 3 ) ÷ 3
can anybody help me with the answer
zac said,
July 6, 2006 at 12:49 am
Hi Michelle
I believe there is no such thing as a stupid question - there is only the stupidity of NOT asking questions
You may wish to go to 2. Laws of Algebra in Interactive Mathematics where you will see examples very similar to the question you are asking.