On: Kill Math

[fhars]

But the jury is still out on the question of whether concrete examples are usefull in maths education: http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/mathed.htm

[hessenwolf → fhars]

Weak study.

They made some students learn something using concrete examples only, and then expected them to be able to abstract. That's just dumb.

I learn the maths, and apply to various situations in my head to make sure I understand it.