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A major problem today concerns educating the next generation of engineers, mathematicians and researchers. Too many of our nation's students end up neither comprehending nor liking math courses. More intensive drilling of material as currently practiced may be both ineffective and undesirable. In fact, this rigorous drilling may turn more young students away from mathematics and the sciences. Why has this situation developed when mathematics is so interesting?
Andrew Grossfield (Thu,) studied this question.