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Re: Maths pedagaogy
Posted:
Mar 17, 2013 11:51 AM
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Kaba wrote:
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> Related, there is this effect which I call the Stockholm Syndrome for
> Mathematicians :) This happens when people read a book which leave large
> gaps in their proofs, and force the reader to fill them. From the
> helplessness of the start of not understanding, because information is
> missing,
I never got past that point.
> the reader works through the proofs, and increasingly builds
> confidence in himself. After having mastered the book this way, his
> emotions have gone through a rollercoaster of frustration to a feeling
> of control. And suddenly those positive feelings are projected to the
> book; since I know this well, the book must be great. But it's not the
> book; it's the massive work that was done to recover the details and
> essential techniques. I hope future writers avoid writing their books
> this way; it's abuse in disguise.
--
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by
this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Jonathan Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting
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