When you’re learning highschool algebra, the hard part is doing the arithmetic properly; in calculus it’s the algebraic manipulations.
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Yes, couldn't agree more. The theory of calculus seems simple, elegant even. But doing the algebra was very hard for me, very frustrating.
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I wish highschool calculus was taught intuitively with much more software support so you could see how functions behave as graphical changes
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I taught for such a program in grad school. It was fucking dreadful, huge waste of time.
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Oh. Why?
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Navigating UI was an extra layer of difficulty, and the intelligent response was to spit out desired answer by rote.
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ie treat it as a drudge programming assignment rather than an experience of 'what's really going on here'. extra burden, little payoff.
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This makes sense…I’m thinking in general many teachers/profs do a bad job of illustrating the bigger picture & the theory.
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Yes. Also, consider that elementary university math is more important as a "service course", ie weedout course for other majors.
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Like organic chemistry, its role isn't to train specialists, but to drive off premeds.
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Yeah, this is what I meant by “hazing.” The main function of a lot of syllabus modules (e.g. trig) seems to be to get rid of most people.
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I gave up on math in school and did finance instead, while taking a derivatives valuation course I realized I fucked up.
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