June 29 2009

Statistics should be the foundation of mathematics education

by Hang

In this recent TED talk, Arthur Benjamin talks about how we should have our High School math classes directed towards statistics, not calculus, as an end goal. I’ve been a heavy advocate for this ever since I wrote my post about how statistics is a philosophy subject.

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