The Math(s) Fix
The Math Fix: An Education Blueprint for the AI Age is a 2020 book by British technologist and entrepreneur Conrad Wolfram. It argues for a fundamental shift in the way mathematics education is taught in schools, advocating for a curriculum that emphasizes a computational education and computer-based mathematics education for 21st-century problem-solving skills with computers in the classroom, rather than manual handwritten calculation techniques.
Sections
Part I: The Problem- Maths v. Maths
- Why Should Everyone Learn Maths?
- Maths and Computation in Today's World
- The 4-Step Maths/Computational Thinking Process
- Hand Calculating: Not the Essence of Maths
- "Thinking" Outcomes
- Defining the Core Computational Subject
- New Subject, New Pedagogy?
- What to Deliver? How to Build It?
Objections to Computer-Based Core Computational Learning
- Roadmap for Change
- The Beginning of the Story
- Is Computation for Everything?
- What's Surprised Me on This Journey So Far
- Call to Action