NYSloth

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futurebird, 8 months ago to random

Another teacher asked me an interesting question today. "What do you think about this idea of replacing calculus with statistics. After all statistics is more useful."

That's probably true on the surface, but I can't say I'm a huge fan of the "replace calc with stats" craze... even as I lament the poor understanding many people have of stats. It's obvious we need more education on interpreting datasets and visualizations.

But, there is a subtext to this argument I dislike. 1/

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NYSloth, 8 months ago

@futurebird I look forward to learning your reasons. My problem with calculus is that it is too often positioned as a gate-keeper class to weed out students from certain career paths and therefore institutions deliberately withhold the supportive, flexible teaching such material requires.

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