Timeline for Immersive attention when learning mathematics
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| Aug 10, 2016 at 15:05 | answer | added | J W | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 18, 2015 at 14:17 | answer | added | Joseph O'Rourke | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 18, 2015 at 10:31 | answer | added | Divyek | timeline score: -2 | |
| Dec 31, 2014 at 5:10 | comment | added | Richard | @PeterRussell "maths remains elitist... out of reach". Is this an attitude you perceive to mathematics, or to "Maths" ie. current curricula and dominant teaching practices? I have not perceived this attitude among kids who use statistics, algorithms, optimisation... But it is a common attitude to hyper-abstraction and an analytic approach to algebra. Regarding the article, I think relevant maths would benefit greatly from a slowed down approach allowing students to develop a deep understanding and appreciation of the maths they encounter outside the classroom. | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 19:26 | comment | added | quid | This is the second paragraph of @PeterRussell's answer that I convert to a comment: "I don't know that maths can be taught to all, and maybe in a civilised society we should be better at recognising the intate skills and strengths of students and stop procrastinating the academic standards of last century as if it was, or ever will be available to all, if only they buckled down and tried a little harder." | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 13:33 | comment | added | J W | @PeterRussell I'm somewhat puzzled by your opening sentence "I found the article flawed in its elitist attitude to maths education", as Roberts' writes from an art history perspective and does not mention mathematics education. | |
| Dec 30, 2014 at 13:18 | comment | added | Stephanie Russell | I found the article flawed in its elitist attitude to maths education. I suspect a think-tank of honours pure maths students would enjoy deep immersion as this is their thought style. For the rest of the world maths remains elitist, boring, and out of reach. Making it fun lasts till about grade 6 and then teen cynicism starts to bite. When maths classes are stratified the lower classes are universally perceived as "dumb", an attitude reinforced by teachers who in the main crave academic relevance. | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 17:35 | history | edited | J W | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Corrected punctuation.
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| Oct 25, 2014 at 18:01 | comment | added | J W | I think all three are involved, but perhaps especially contemplation to aid in solving difficult problems and in generalizing. It's also about the opposite of working under time pressure, such as timed drills. | |
| Oct 25, 2014 at 16:30 | comment | added | JPBurke | Is "immersive attention" something about the environment (i.e. freedom from distractions) or something about one's orientation toward mathematics (persistence in problem solving)? Or do you mean making problems about more than finding answers, but rather contemplating the problem beyond a solution to a particular instance of the problem? | |
| Oct 25, 2014 at 14:32 | history | asked | J W | CC BY-SA 3.0 |