List Of Algebra Formulas
Power of Memory?
Education today spends too much time in terms of increasing memory skills. I am in favor of memory because there are things that simply need to be memorized. However, I see beyond the memorization process.
For example, as a math major, I needed to literally memorize hundreds of formulas for trig, calculus, differential equations, abstract algebra, differential geometry and the list goes on.
I took time, however, to learn HOW TO DERIVE formulas not just memorize them.
Math teachers love to say:
“Memorize this and you should be fine for the upcoming test.”
What about AFTER THE TEST? What about if I ever see those questions again?
Are you following?
I believe that education should not solely forcus on memory but in actual LEARNING.
Your view?
I don’t want to tell you how old I am, but I took calc & stats BEFORE graphing calculators! I don’t think my kids understand as well as I did at their age. It’s easier to memorize and promptly forget or learn how to plug things into a calculator and have everything magically appear!
I agree, I think school should be about learning. Too much emphasis has been on testing well (whether it is standardized or in class).
Lec 22 | MIT 18.06 Linear Algebra, Spring 2005
