ED Surge
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Another common argument is that homework helps students develop skills related to problem-solving, time-management and self-direction. But these skills can be explicitly taught during the school day rather than after school. AP courses and exams also raise complex issues of equity.
Robert Talbert, Ph.D.
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
My students are using Geogebra , Wolfram|Alpha , and Excel every week in Calculus; LaTeX in my proof-oriented classes; Mathematica in my linear algebra and Calculus 3 classes; and so on. Try debugging a program sometime without engaging in critical thinking and rigorous problem solving. Computing is fun, and fun is good.
Stephen Wolfram
AUGUST 22, 2023
Indeed, so confident was he of his programming prowess that he became convinced that he should in effect be able to write a program for the universe—and make all of physics into a programming problem. It didn’t help that his knowledge of physics was at best spotty (and, for example, I don’t think he ever really learned calculus).
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