One of the many classes I teach is a calculus course for 12th year high school students. Since their peers are taking Calculus II and Linear Algebra and beyond they regard themselves as “the slow class” which is ridiculous. Most people don’t take calculus until college, if they ever encounter it at all. But young people compare themselves to their peers— 1/
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@futurebird I was in a class like this, and I felt the same way they did, because I was on track to do the harder math, but couldn't keep up, so ended up in the easier Calc 2 class (I think it […]
@futurebird Tell them the slow math track at our public high school has 12th graders taking Algebra II. I’m proud of my kids for reaching Calculus as 12th graders.
so I have a lot of work to do repairing their relationship with mathematics AND teaching the calculus. The latter of these being the easier task as they are very bright when they bother to do […]
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