Comment by basicplus2
7 years ago
This is sad because it shows that general enducation standards have dropped dramatically across the board given that this sort of stuff really should be (and used to be) known by every high school student..
7 years ago
This is sad because it shows that general enducation standards have dropped dramatically across the board given that this sort of stuff really should be (and used to be) known by every high school student..
I could see some new authors being overly cautious with "cite everything" guidelines - since you can't exactly cite your high school maths lesson, maybe it's the most easily findable paper to explain integration?
What country or state are you guys in? We've never touched on calculus in Pennsylvania high schools. The advanced math courses focused on trigonometry.
Australia in the 70's