What do u think of the way math is being taught to students ?

Answer 1

It's boring. Very very boring, although I don't see how maths could really be made interesting. It works, but really I don't see how maths taught to people after around age 11 is relevant to everyday life in any way. When are you going to need calculus or the cosine rule in real life?

Answer 2

Well, I am 14 and crazy about math. I'm currently taking advanced trig and loving it. Some people will never enjoy math, but a few tips to make it a little less unbearable:

-Students need to feel smart. No teacher should make a student feel stupid. They should feel comfortable asking questions. People like to do what their good at (or what they think they are)
-Students should be able to ask and discuss answers in class. It may sound like cheating, but it's the best way to learn. If they just copy answers it will show up on tests.
-Getting off topic is good! If it's still generally math, that means the students brought it up, and therefore interested. A teacher should take advantage of the enthusiasim and related or answer a question using what they are learning. The connection will help students see the point to math.
-A little healthy competion alway is a good motivation to learn, learn ,learn.

Answer 3

The single biggest problem with math education in the US is that way too many teachers either don't know the math themselves or are so disinterested that they turn off the students. Add to that the overuse of calculators, which tends to keep students from really practicing, you get a disaster. I regularly have to deal with university students that can't add fractions or do basic calculations themselves. They understand so little of the basic manipulations, that teaching them anything deeper is almost impossible. Finally, students are not taught the essentials of logic until incredibly late (if ever) and this also hinders them from understanding any subtleties in the math.

Answer 4

I think it is being taught in a way that is not easily understood and a lot of people need help with it, and teachers aren't thoroughly explaining it to students.

Answer 5

Judging from some of the math answers on here, we may need some work.

Answer 6

In the US, math classes rely heavily on calculators to the point most people can't do simple additions and subtractions in their head.

Over the summer I had a physics professor that could do ridiculous calculations in his head. For example, he could calculate something like (2.3)(1.4x10^-23)/(4)(5.2) in his head, usually faster than we could plug them into a calculator. He's Russian.

Answer 7

How is it being taught?

Answer 8

I caught on pretty easily... but I think your question is not very specific.

Answer 9

Very good - I thought so at least