That is not quite what raghavtoshniwal meant now is it?
The key word is "compounding", surely.
For example, I think young children need a few good ways to be taught about managing and understanding very large numbers, about combinational explosion, precision and estimation; essential in today's world.
I think kids from about seven or eight should be taught things about tree structures (decision trees, classification trees, parts diagram enclosures) but also about fractals -- about measuring coastlines, etc.; perhaps even show them Cantor's Comb.
They could be shown the liquid-nitrogen potato experiment to help them understand power series in future.
I feel 2020 taught us that young people need to be taught about the rice-on-chessboard problem, about the Small World experiment, etc.
There are good few kid-friendly ways to teach concepts like this which compound in building understanding that current adults do not have.
Kids in the UK are already taught some quite innovative ways to estimate, multiply and divide; maths has changed a bit since I was a kid. But there's a long way to go.
Maybe UK kids are smarter, but I feel like fractals are a lot for 7 to 8. Maybe 10 or 11? At least let them know how decimals work first, otherwise fractal dimension wouldn't even make sense.
unfocussed_mike|4 years ago
The key word is "compounding", surely.
For example, I think young children need a few good ways to be taught about managing and understanding very large numbers, about combinational explosion, precision and estimation; essential in today's world.
I think kids from about seven or eight should be taught things about tree structures (decision trees, classification trees, parts diagram enclosures) but also about fractals -- about measuring coastlines, etc.; perhaps even show them Cantor's Comb.
They could be shown the liquid-nitrogen potato experiment to help them understand power series in future.
I feel 2020 taught us that young people need to be taught about the rice-on-chessboard problem, about the Small World experiment, etc.
There are good few kid-friendly ways to teach concepts like this which compound in building understanding that current adults do not have.
Kids in the UK are already taught some quite innovative ways to estimate, multiply and divide; maths has changed a bit since I was a kid. But there's a long way to go.
ravi-delia|4 years ago
cinntaile|4 years ago