Computer based mathematics
Computer Based Math is an educational philosophy promoted by Conrad Wolfram[1] which is premised on the idea that math education should assume the maximal use of computers for performing compuatation leaving students to concetrate on the application and interpretation of mathematical techniques[2]. To this end Wolfram argues that programming should be taught as part of math education[3]
History
Since the development of computer_algebra_systems in the 1960s mathematics software such as Mathematica and Maxima have developed to the extent that any traditional school level computation can be performed by computers. The typical response to this has been to ban the use of computers in exams allowing only limiting power calculators. Outside education, increasingly sophisticated computation has become common place thanks to the use of computers. In 2010 the, not for profit institute, [computerbasedmath.org] was set up to start developing a new curriculum and interactive digital learning materials to support it. It holds an annual conference.
Contrast with computer assisted math education
Wolfram contends that this approach is fundamentally different than most of the use of computers in the classroom, whose role is to help to teach students to perform hand-calculations, rather than to perform those computations.
See also
External links
[ComputerBasedMath.org computerbasedmath.org]
References
- ^ Revival Plan The new Indian Express
- ^ Reinventing Math for the Computational Knowledge Economy Big Think, Jan 2013
- ^ ICT teaching upgrade expected \[Ellipsis in 2014] The Guardian, 20 Aug 2012