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Computer-Based Math

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="Computer-based_mathematics_education" title="Computer-based mathematics education">Computer-based mathematics education</a>.</div>

Computer-Based Math is an educational project started by <a href="Conrad_Wolfram" title="Conrad Wolfram">Conrad Wolfram</a> in 2010<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> to promote the idea that routine mathematical calculations should be done with a computer.

Conrad Wolfram believes that mathematics education should make the greatest possible use of computers for performing computation leaving students to concentrate on the application and interpretation of mathematical techniques.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Wolfram also argues that computers are the basis of doing math in the real world and that education should reflect that <a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> and that programming should be taught as part of math education.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a>

Wolfram contends that this approach is fundamentally different from most of the use of <a href="Computers_in_the_classroom" title="Computers in the classroom">Computers in the classroom</a> (or <a href="Computer-based_mathematics_education" title="Computer-based mathematics education">Computer-based mathematics education</a>),<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> whose role is to help to teach students to perform hand calculations, rather than to perform those computations and is also distinct from delivery tools such as <a href="E-learning" class="mw-redirect" title="E-learning">E-learning</a> systems.

In 2010 the website <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.computerbasedmath.org">www.computerbasedmath.org</a> was set up to start developing a new curriculum and interactive digital learning materials to support it. It holds an annual conference.

In February 2013, Estonia announced that it would be piloting a Computer-Based Math developed statistics course<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> in cooperation with the <a href="University_of_Tartu" title="University of Tartu">University of Tartu</a>.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> The African Leadership University plans to use materials developed by ComputerBasedMath.org in its Data and Decisions curriculum.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a>

<a href="UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> supported the third Computer-Based Math Education Summit in New York, in 2013.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a>

Examples of calculations that should be done with a computer include arithmetical operations such as <a href="Long_division" title="Long division">long division</a> or integration techniques such as <a href="Trigonometric_substitution" title="Trigonometric substitution">trigonometric substitution</a>.

In 2020 Wolfram published a book "The Math(s) Fix" detailing the problems and his proposed solution.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a>

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<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/6719451/We-need-to-base-maths-lessons-on-computers.html">We need to base maths lessons on computers</a> The Telegraph, 03 Dec 2009

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<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130410032111/http://newindianexpress.com/education/edex/article1394920.ece">Revival Plan</a> The New Indian Express

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<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a> Computers do it better, Times Higher Education Supplement, 30 March 2012

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<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/world/europe/11iht-educside11.html">Closing the gap between modern life and the math curriculum</a> New York Times, 10 Feb 2013

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<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bigthink.com/think-tank/we-need-rock-star-math-teachers?page=all">Reinventing Math for the Computational Knowledge Economy</a> Big Think, Jan 2013

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<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6395648">http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6395648</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140222190316/http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6395648">Archived</a> 2014-02-22 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Times Educational Supplement

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<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/aug/20/ict-teaching-programming-no-guidance">ICT teaching upgrade expected in 2014</a> The Guardian, 20 Aug 2012

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<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_math_with_computers.html">Teaching kids real math with computers</a> TED 2010

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<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2013/02/11/estonian-schools-to-teach-computer-based-math/">Estonian Schools to Teach Computer-Based Math</a> Wall Street Journal, 11 Feb 2013

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<li id="cite_note-10"><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/02/computer-based-math-in-estonia/">Math Rebels Invade Estonia With Computerized Education</a> Wired, 12 Feb 2013

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<li id="cite_note-11"><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.err.ee/education/34fea787-9203-4811-9f5a-eb62ad8567e5">Estonia Chosen as Testing Ground for Math Education Experiment</a> Estonian Public Broadcasting News

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<li id="cite_note-12"><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.postimees.ee/1135472/estonian-british-experts-team-up-to-develop-computer-based-math-education">Estonian, British experts team up to develop computer-based math education</a> Postimees, 13 Feb 2013.

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<li id="cite_note-13"><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.alueducation.com/en/alu-partner-computer-based-maths-announces-annual-summit-3/">http://www.alueducation.com/en/alu-partner-computer-based-maths-announces-annual-summit-3/</a>

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<li id="cite_note-14"><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://unicefstories.org/2013/10/22/unicef-and-computerbasedmath-org-announce-major-summit-to-reconceptualize-math-education-worldwide/">UNICEF and Computerbasedmath.org Announce Major Summit to Reconceptualize Math Education Worldwide</a> unicefstories.org

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<li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanderark/2020/06/29/stop-calculating-and-start-teaching-computational-thinking/#c9e935a3786e">Stop Calculating And Start Teaching Computational Thinking</a> Forbes.com June 2020

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