Re: Why do so many people hate or have trouble with math? Your input is needed!
- From: "LauLuna" <laureanoluna@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: 7 Oct 2006 03:45:16 -0700
Mathematics is often taught in a way that makes the student wonder what
it is all about; it seems like a game whose initial rules are
completely arbitrary and have no meaning at all. Teaching mathematics
should be something else than showing how to use pure formalisms with
no understandable purpose.
Learning mathematics requires intense and continuous attention, the
capability of dealing with details (analytical rather than synthetic
intelligence) and with abstract objects; it requires memory to retain
all the steps in intricate proofs or constructions, as well as previous
results. It also requires the sense of ordered and methodic proceeding.
In a nutshell, mathematics is entirely ruled by the Freudian 'principle
of reality' and seems to leave no room for the 'principle of pleasure',
for free creativity.
The crucial factor to break through all these difficulties is getting
to the point where one says: 'I can do it': the possibility of exerting
one's own abilities to get exact results is highly rewarding.
Regards
LearningNerd wrote:
I'm starting to relearn math on my own (I'm taking a year off before
college), and I'm planning to write an introduction to learning math on
my blog. To get some ideas, I'd like to hear your answers to any or all
of the following questions:
Why do so many people hate math?
Why do they have trouble understanding it?
What are your experiences with learning math (at school, on your own,
etc.)?
Do you enjoy math? If so, why?
How could teachers and students make math more fun to learn?
Thanks in advance for your feedback! Also, if you have any suggestions
for how I should go about relearning math, please share them. Any
useful websites or books would also be greatly appreciated.
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