Re: Are there any non-gifted scientists?!?!?
From: Robert J. Kolker (robert_kolker_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 02:35:19 GMT
Der Fugue wrote:
>
> My biggest qualm with the curriculum is that it is essentially based a
> combination of rote memorization and graphing calculator usage. We do
> linear regression on our calculators, for example, but never learn how
> to do it by hand.
That is a shame. One should never do with a machine what he cannot (at
least in principle) do unaided. Even if you have solve simpler problems
unaided, solving them with your head and your heart (in that order
please!) will give you a proper "feel" for what you are doing. There is
a good rule of thumb to follow: If you don't know the answer to within
an order of magnitude -before- you solve the problem, you do not
understand what is going on.
Bob Kolker
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