[转] 数学不必枯燥 VS 数学难免会有一点枯燥# Parenting - 为人父母
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又是PISA招惹出来的。先不说如何解释PISA 的结果，面对美国学生的数学成绩，纽约
时报的评论这样说： Who Says Math Has to Be Boring?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/opinion/sunday/who-says-math-
Finding ways to make math and science exciting for students who are in the
middle of the pack could have a profound effect on their futures, providing
them with the skills that will help them get technical jobs in the fields of
food science, computer networking or medicine.It would entice many students
who are insecure in their own abilities into advanced careers. But it is
going to require a fundamentally different approach to teaching these
subjects from childhood through high school. Here are a few of the many
possible ideas to begin that change.
有道理，对不？
不知安安猪的围棋数学算不算 a fundamentally different approach？
然后，看到这篇回应，
Math Has to Be at Least a Little Boring
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/12/10/american_stu
The Times' misunderstanding comes from a failure to appreciate that
mathematics—even at the basic level taught to elementary, middle, and high
school students—is an intellectual discipline with content intrinsic to
itself. This content is important and can be made exciting and accessible
without reference to the "real world."
各位怎么想？ "Who Says Math Has to Be Boring?" versus "Math Has to Be at
Least a Little Boring"
我觉得虽然不必倚赖 reference to the "real world“，这个reference 还是挺有好
处的。但是，我也很赞同回应文章的最后一段：
The Times’ most misguided belief may be the insistence that the reason we
need better math education is to train a new STEM workforce.
The real reason we need better math education is to equip citizens to
understand the world they live in.
We need better math education—for all students—to ensure that democracy
can continue to function in a world made ever-more complicated by new
technologies that rely on sophisticated mathematics.
This is achievable only once we realize that math can be made exciting and
vital on its own, and not by reference to computer programming or robotics.
And that sometimes, it just takes hard work and discipline to reach mastery.
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不入STEM行的，也应当有好的数学基础和基本的统计学知识，这样，至少不那么容易被
（广告，推销，政客，骗子，等等）忽悠。
时报的评论这样说： Who Says Math Has to Be Boring?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/opinion/sunday/who-says-math-
Finding ways to make math and science exciting for students who are in the
middle of the pack could have a profound effect on their futures, providing
them with the skills that will help them get technical jobs in the fields of
food science, computer networking or medicine.It would entice many students
who are insecure in their own abilities into advanced careers. But it is
going to require a fundamentally different approach to teaching these
subjects from childhood through high school. Here are a few of the many
possible ideas to begin that change.
有道理，对不？
不知安安猪的围棋数学算不算 a fundamentally different approach？
然后，看到这篇回应，
Math Has to Be at Least a Little Boring
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/12/10/american_stu
The Times' misunderstanding comes from a failure to appreciate that
mathematics—even at the basic level taught to elementary, middle, and high
school students—is an intellectual discipline with content intrinsic to
itself. This content is important and can be made exciting and accessible
without reference to the "real world."
各位怎么想？ "Who Says Math Has to Be Boring?" versus "Math Has to Be at
Least a Little Boring"
我觉得虽然不必倚赖 reference to the "real world“，这个reference 还是挺有好
处的。但是，我也很赞同回应文章的最后一段：
The Times’ most misguided belief may be the insistence that the reason we
need better math education is to train a new STEM workforce.
The real reason we need better math education is to equip citizens to
understand the world they live in.
We need better math education—for all students—to ensure that democracy
can continue to function in a world made ever-more complicated by new
technologies that rely on sophisticated mathematics.
This is achievable only once we realize that math can be made exciting and
vital on its own, and not by reference to computer programming or robotics.
And that sometimes, it just takes hard work and discipline to reach mastery.
-------------------------------------------
不入STEM行的，也应当有好的数学基础和基本的统计学知识，这样，至少不那么容易被
（广告，推销，政客，骗子，等等）忽悠。
