The2ndAmendment
Gold Member
I often see many people who get A+ in their calculus courses completely devoid of any true insight of what calculus actually is. They simply "learn the motions" in laymen terms, and that's it.
I believe incorporating the Slide Rule and the Planimeter (especially the Planimeter when Riemann Sums are being covered before integration) into the curriculum in 11th/12grade and entry level college courses should be mandated by Government (what an authoritarian I am!)
There's no reason anyone should get anything higher than a C+ in calculus if they don't internally understand the beauty, nature and glory of the operations they are performing. The Planimeter would truly help "hands on" people understand how an integral actually works in reality.
The Slide rule should be taught in High School, and all electronic/digital calculators foribidden.
It would also be a LOT cheaper to buy a slide rule instead of a graphic calculator which inhibits conceptual learning and internalization.
I believe incorporating the Slide Rule and the Planimeter (especially the Planimeter when Riemann Sums are being covered before integration) into the curriculum in 11th/12grade and entry level college courses should be mandated by Government (what an authoritarian I am!)
There's no reason anyone should get anything higher than a C+ in calculus if they don't internally understand the beauty, nature and glory of the operations they are performing. The Planimeter would truly help "hands on" people understand how an integral actually works in reality.
The Slide rule should be taught in High School, and all electronic/digital calculators foribidden.
It would also be a LOT cheaper to buy a slide rule instead of a graphic calculator which inhibits conceptual learning and internalization.