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mrmelts t1_jcy161m wrote

It's interesting to see how attitudes towards technology in the classroom have changed over time. While calculators were once seen as a threat to traditional math education, they're now widely accepted as a helpful tool for students. Similarly, there are concerns about the impact of AI language models like ChatGPT on student learning and academic integrity. However, it's important to recognize that technology is constantly evolving, and educators need to adapt to these changes in order to provide the best possible learning experiences for their students. Rather than simply banning new technologies outright, it's important to consider how they can be integrated into the classroom in a way that supports student learning and prepares them for the challenges of the modern world.

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TinyBurbz t1_jczbwls wrote

>they're now widely accepted as a helpful tool for students.

Only after a certain level of math.

There is a reason we have had to rebrand arithmetic as "common core math" and it has to do with the years of memorization and calculator use over teaching children how to use numbers.

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zifahm t1_jczj9vx wrote

I'd never understand the argument for memorization. If you are using an Excel spreadsheet, u'll clearly won't do stuff via hand and also the formula is neither memorised.

The mere notion of getting stuff done and getting the answer correct using a tool seems largely offensive to PPL.

I'd say if a person does not need to learn to compute maths that can be done by an external computing machine, the he or she can invest his brain power in more difficult tasks.

This just shows the faliure of our schools where more complicated subjects are not introduced early and easy things like calculating stuff by a calculator taught early.

I'd recommend teaching 3rd grade kifs general relativity with a calculator on hand and by the time they hit college they would have learned torroids and quantum mechanics. Using calculators for faster compute.

This would clearly bring more prosperity to the human society.

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visarga t1_jd0ipc9 wrote

When I was a kid they taught a bit of set theory at kindergarten. Concepts like set, union, intersection, count, etc. They all can be done with pretty pictures and coloring books.

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zifahm t1_jczjfd6 wrote

What we want is more tecnology and better standard of living, not impressing our bosses or teachers.

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stupendousman t1_jd06z2w wrote

> and educators need to adapt to these changes

"Educators" are still using 100 year old schooling methodologies, with the addition of politicis like Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

This book is part of every single college education department.

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visarga t1_jd0hl3r wrote

Instead of posing a threat to education, I believe that GPT has the potential to benefit children by individualized tutoring in an engaging style. Customized instruction has proven to be highly effective, so AI instruction could be effective as well. Homework would be unnecessary since all activities would be addressed during the tutoring sessions. The AI could guide discussions to specific subjects and focus on them, simultaneously teaching and evaluating. The degree of personalization achievable and the meticulous attention to detail are unparalleled. An AI could assess your knowledge and fine-tune its teaching approach. I would be thrilled to have access to such a system even as an adult. It could seamlessly integrate spaced repetition into an interesting conversation that avoids monotony. But conversational AI tutoring has no age limit, it could be used even by kids. There are lots and lots of bored kids who don't have anyone older to play with.

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