I characterise the computational or maths process as 4 step. (If you haven’t come across this central theme of The Math(s) Fix before, here’s a quick description). And the central problem with our mainstream maths education has been the failure to recognise that step 3—compute—has been almost completely taken over by computers in real life…and that totally changes the what, when and how.
Read MoreThe combination of ChatGPT with its Wolfram plug-in just scored 96% in a UK Maths A-level paper, the exam taken at the end of school, as a crucial metric for university entrance. (That compares to 43% for ChatGPT alone).
If this doesn’t shock you, it should. Maths A-level (like its equivalent in many other countries) is held up as the required and essential qualification
Read MoreMathematical modelling is at the centre of our lives as never before—invoked and presented daily to justify massive change in our way of life, livelihoods—even as giver of life or death.
It’s presented by experts not only as the best torch to pick in navigating us to the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, but the only one. It predicts the future or how we must change policy to achieve a different future.
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