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1. theconversation.com › think-youre-bad-at-math-youThink you’re bad at math? You may suffer from ‘math trauma’

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   Nov 1, 2018 · A deeper understanding of the concepts like multiplication and division allow people to see patterns in numbers. For example, 3, 5 and 15 are in a triangular relationship, where 3 x 5 = 15, 5 x 3 ...

2. blogs.ams.org › phdplus › 2017/04/17Math is Like Science, Only with Proof

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   Apr 17, 2017 · Math is not science. Sciences seek to understand some aspect of phenomena, and is based on empirical observations, while math seeks to use logic to understand and often prove relationships between quantities and objects which may relate to no real phenomena. Scientific theories may be supported by evidence, but not proven, while we can actually ...

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3. bigthink.com › neuropsych › bad-at-math-mythThink you’re bad at math? There’s a reason for that.

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   Oct 17, 2018 · The reason skill in mathematics isn’t genetically determined is because math hasn’t been around long enough to be written into our genes. As developmental psychologist Steven Pinker writes in ...

4. bigthink.com › 13-8 › is-math-real-practicalIs math real? The answer has major practical and ... - Big Think

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   Jun 29, 2023 · Math as the bones of the world. The idea that mathematics is the only true reality dates all the way back to the philosopher Plato more than 2,000 years ago. For Plato, mathematics, which for him ...

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5. www.wired.com › 2017 › 03The Beauty of Mathematics: It Can Never Lie to You | WIRED

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   Mar 4, 2017 · My first university math teacher played a big role and really believed in my potential, and then as I pursued my studies, my intuition was confirmed that I really liked math—I liked the beauty ...

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6. news.vanderbilt.edu › 2017/01/31 › math-mythsMath Myths: Researchers debunk common misconceptions

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   Jan 31, 2017 · Through their work, they are finding that there are many ways math is learned and are developing innovative new ways to teach it. They believe that math is not an unyielding discipline, accessible ...

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   Why does math work?

   • For them, math works because we invented it. Its usefulness is a reflection of the fact that we, and our brains, evolved in the world. Our mathematical inventions work because our embodiment in the world means that we already are tuned to how it behaves. (This is the famous view of cognitive scientist George Lakoff.)

   Is math real? The answer has major practical and philosophical

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   Is math a science?

   • Math is not science. Sciences seek to understand some aspect of phenomena, and is based on empirical observations, while math seeks to use logic to understand and often prove relationships between quantities and objects which may relate to no real phenomena.

   Math is Like Science, Only with Proof - American Mathematical Society

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   Should kids learn math if they are not math people?

   • Second, do no harm. It’s important that parents avoid giving kids messages that they are not math people. This can have a negative impact on kids’ beliefs about their own ability to learn. Also, beware claims that kids must suffer to learn mathematics. For many adults, today’s math classes are very different from those we experienced.

   Think you’re bad at math? You may suffer from ‘math trauma’

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   Do math questions affect the practice of mathematics?

   • In the end, these questions do not affect the practice of mathematics. Mathematicians are free to choose their own interpretations of their profession. In The Mathematical Experience, Philip Davis and Reuben Hersh famously wrote that “the typical working mathematician is a Platonist on weekdays and a formalist on Sundays.”

   Is the Mathematical World Real? | Scientific American

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   Is mathematics the only true reality?

   • The idea that mathematics is the only true reality dates all the way back to the philosopher Plato more than 2,000 years ago. For Plato, mathematics, which for him was geometry, revealed a hidden reality underpinning this one. Math to Plato was like an invisible skeleton upon which the flesh of the world is hung.

   Is math real? The answer has major practical and philosophical

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   Do scientific theories work against math?

   • Scientific theories may be supported by evidence, but not proven, while we can actually prove things in math. On the other hand, math is like science, and emphasizing the difference may really work against math. I find my students often have no sense of how anyone would actually “do math,” for example, how we think of things to try and prove.

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8. www.scientificamerican.com › article › is-theIs the Mathematical World Real? | Scientific American

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   Sep 1, 2019 · If your teacher asks whether 7 is a prime number, the answer is definitively “yes.”. By definition, a prime number is a whole number greater than 1 that is only divisible by itself and 1, such ...