ajw

Outdoorsy type who likes: to run and ride bikes; mathematics and computing; current events and politics; being a good human.

[ajw @electron_red]

Prescient

[Karim Sadjadpour @ksadjadpour]

Prescient 1992 observation from @FukuyamaFrancis, excerpted from @eosnos’s excellent book Wildland.

[ajw @electron_red]

@jtbourne Suzuki just OK? Weird take.

[ajw @electron_red]

@mpershan @brianrandall1 And as bad as that was, it was far more valuable than what they are doing now. Getting an instant result from chat gpt and submitting it without any thought whatsoever

[ajw @electron_red]

@mpershan @brianrandall1 Why wait 5 years? It's already destroyed homework and any assessment that takes place outside the classroom.

[ajw @electron_red]

@TerribleMaps Moving to Wyoming

[Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary]

A short Python program to estimate π:

import random

def estimate_pi(n):
m = 0
for i in range(n):
x = random.uniform(0, 1)
y = random.uniform(0, 1)
if x*x + y*y <= 1:
m += 1
return 4 * m / n

[ajw @electron_red]

@benjaminjriley @mpershan You’re asking high school teachers and profs to create hundred(s?) of individual tests. Or do you see a different way to do this?

[ajw @electron_red]

@GodBlesssTexas @DecisionDeskHQ @thehill The law and order party

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Mathematics.

Finding and revealing patterns in a scattering of dots. A metaphor for varied perspectives on our world.

Visualization by Juan Carlos, @jcponcemath, Used with permission. Source: https://t.co/AR03QBvetR

[∞ 𝕁uan ℂarlos @jcponcemath]

How to make a fractal tree in @geogebra

https://t.co/DtflCYWLgA

[ajw @electron_red]

@CmonMattTHINK True detective (s1) , Matt

[paulpro🥥🌴 @paulprosseda]

@stevenmazie @MarcilynF

[ajw @electron_red]

@NateSilver538 Nate what are you doing? You used to be such a goo follow

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

Thread: It sure looks like phones are making students around the world dumber

I wrote about the new PISA report on student test scores, which have been falling steadily in OECD countries since 2012 —>

https://t.co/6VsMjXPXaB

[ajw @electron_red]

@Alan06661 @DKThomp In at least some Asian countries student mobile phones/social media are used for education, not socializing and distraction.

[∞ 𝕁uan ℂarlos @jcponcemath]

How to make a fractal tree in @geogebra?

https://t.co/jMCBZxDftz

This is my first video tutorial about #geogebra on how to create fractal trees using basic geometric transformations, recursion and randomness.

Thanks for the support! :)

[ajw @electron_red]

@perreaux Looking forward to many teacher's strikes. Needs to happen to swing a pendulum back in the right direction.

[Dave Kung (龚仲孝)🇺🇦☮️ @dtkung]

What math did you have in high school?

Most Americans (no matter your age!) had Alg, Geom, Alg 2, and something like PreCalc.

Why that math (not stats, modeling, linear alg, discrete) & that order?

Because that's what they decided ... in 1892. 1/2
https://t.co/cJSkolt6tC

[ajw @electron_red]

@TerribleMaps Great map

[ajw @electron_red]

@KTanPot @HfxExaminer @zwoodford They did, the Gray arena, a few years ago. There was no uproar (you didn't hear about it, I guess) but it didn't work out.

[ajw @electron_red]

@DrKChilds Frankly, this sort of casual attitude is helping to ruin the teaching profession and childhood education.