- TIL in the 1960s, in response the Sputnik success, US grade school math curricula changed to emphasize insight and understanding over calculation. They called it "New Math". Topics included set theory, Boolean algebra, and bases other than 10. It was heavily opposed and considered a failure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Math 284 comments math
- Was New Math really so bad? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Math 115 comments math
- Math is very rusty: What is "factoring" good for, anyway? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Math 7 comments math
- In the 1960's, the developed world experimented with "new math", which included teaching math to young children in number bases other than 10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/new_math 6 comments science
- I learned set theory in first grade - did anyone else? - "New Math" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/new_math 53 comments math
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