ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Arthur Benjamin - Mathemagician
Using daring displays of algorithmic trickery, lightning calculator and number wizard Arthur Benjamin mesmerizes audiences with mathematical mystery and beauty.

Why you should listen

Arthur Benjamin makes numbers dance. In his day job, he's a professor of math at Harvey Mudd College; in his other day job, he's a "Mathemagician," taking the stage in his tuxedo to perform high-speed mental calculations, memorizations and other astounding math stunts. It's part of his drive to teach math and mental agility in interesting ways, following in the footsteps of such heroes as Martin Gardner.

Benjamin is the co-author, with Michael Shermer, of Secrets of Mental Math (which shares his secrets for rapid mental calculation), as well as the co-author of the MAA award-winning Proofs That Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof. For a glimpse of his broad approach to math, see the list of research talks on his website, which seesaws between high-level math (such as his "Vandermonde's Determinant and Fibonacci SAWs," presented at MIT in 2004) and engaging math talks for the rest of us ("An Amazing Mathematical Card Trick").

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Arthur Benjamin: Teach statistics before calculus!

Формулата на Артур Бенџамин за промена на математичката едукација

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Некој секогаш го прашува учителот по математика, „Ќе користиме ли калкулус ви вистинскиот живот?“ и за повеќето од нас , вели Артур Бенџамин , одговорот е не. Тој нуди смел предлог како да ја направи релевантна математичката едукација во дигиталното доба.
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Now, if President Obama
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invited me to be the next Czar of Mathematics,
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ме покани да бидам следниот Цар по Математика,
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then I would have a suggestion for him
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тогаш би имал предлог до него
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that I think would vastly improve
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кој мислам дека многу би ја подобрил
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the mathematics education in this country.
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математичката едукација во оваа земја.
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And it would be easy to implement
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И ќе биде едноставен да се имплементира
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and inexpensive.
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и ефтин.
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The mathematics curriculum that we have
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Математиката која ја учиме е базирана на
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is based on a foundation of arithmetic and algebra.
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аритметика и алгебра.
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And everything we learn after that
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Се што учиме после тоа
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is building up towards one subject.
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е надградување кон една тема.
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And at top of that pyramid, it's calculus.
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И на врвот на таа пирамида, е калкулус.
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And I'm here to say
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И јас сум тука да кажам
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that I think that that is the wrong summit of the pyramid ...
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дека сметам дека тоа е погрешниот врв на пирамидата...
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that the correct summit -- that all of our students,
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дека точниот врв -- дека сите наши студенти,
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every high school graduate should know --
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она што секој средношколец треба да го знае --
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should be statistics:
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треба да е статистика :
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probability and statistics.
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веројатност и статистика.
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I mean, don't get me wrong. Calculus is an important subject.
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Мислам, не ме разбирајте погрешно. Калкулусот е многу важна тема.
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It's one of the great products of the human mind.
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Тој е еден од најдобрите производи на човечкиот ум.
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The laws of nature are written in the language of calculus.
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Природните закони се напишани во јазикот на калкулусот.
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And every student who studies math, science, engineering, economics,
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И секој студент кој изучува математика, науки , инженерство, економија,
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they should definitely learn calculus
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дефинитивно треба да научи калкулус
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by the end of their freshman year of college.
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до крајот на нивната прва година на факултет.
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But I'm here to say, as a professor of mathematics,
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Но она што тука го велам, како професор по математика,
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that very few people actually use calculus
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е дека многу малку луѓе всушност го користат калкулусот
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in a conscious, meaningful way, in their day-to-day lives.
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на свесен, значителен начин, во нивниот секојдневен живот.
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On the other hand,
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Од друга страна,
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statistics -- that's a subject that you could,
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статистиката -- тоа е тема која би можеле
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and should, use on daily basis. Right?
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и требале, да ја користиме на дневна база. Нели?
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It's risk. It's reward. It's randomness.
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Тоа е ризик. Тоа е наградување. Тоа е случајност.
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It's understanding data.
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Тоа е разбирање на податоците.
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I think if our students, if our high school students --
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Мислам дека ако нашите студенти, нашите средношколци --
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if all of the American citizens --
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ако сите Американски граѓани --
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knew about probability and statistics,
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знаеја за веројатноста и статистиката,
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we wouldn't be in the economic mess that we're in today. (Laughter) (Applause)
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немаше да бидеме во економската мешаница во која сме денес.
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Not only -- thank you -- not only that ...
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Не само -- ви благодарам -- не само тоа...
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but if it's taught properly, it can be a lot of fun.
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[но] ако се учи коретно , може да биде многу забавно.
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I mean, probability and statistics,
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Сметам дека, веројатноста и статистиката,
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it's the mathematics of games and gambling.
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тоа е математиката на игрите и игрите на среќа.
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It's analyzing trends. It's predicting the future.
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Тоа е анализирање на трендови. Тоа е предвидување на иднината.
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Look, the world has changed
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Видете, светот се смени
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from analog to digital.
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од аналоген во дигитален.
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And it's time for our mathematics curriculum to change
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И време е нашиот математички наставни програми да се променат
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from analog to digital,
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од аналогни во дигитални.
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from the more classical, continuous mathematics,
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Од покласичната, континуирана математика,
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to the more modern, discrete mathematics --
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кон помодерната, дискретна математика.
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the mathematics of uncertainty,
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Математиката на несигурноста,
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of randomness, of data --
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на случајноста, на податоците --
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that being probability and statistics.
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а тоа се веројатноста и статистиката.
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In summary, instead of our students
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Како заклучок, наместо нашите студенти
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learning about the techniques of calculus,
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да учат за техники на калкулус,
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I think it would be far more significant
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сметам дека е многу побитно
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if all of them knew what two standard deviations
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ако сите знаеја што значат две стандардни девијации
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from the mean means. And I mean it.
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од просекот. И навистина го мислам тоа.
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Thank you very much.
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Ви благодарам.
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Translated by Marko Marcevski
Reviewed by Zvezdana Moneva

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Arthur Benjamin - Mathemagician
Using daring displays of algorithmic trickery, lightning calculator and number wizard Arthur Benjamin mesmerizes audiences with mathematical mystery and beauty.

Why you should listen

Arthur Benjamin makes numbers dance. In his day job, he's a professor of math at Harvey Mudd College; in his other day job, he's a "Mathemagician," taking the stage in his tuxedo to perform high-speed mental calculations, memorizations and other astounding math stunts. It's part of his drive to teach math and mental agility in interesting ways, following in the footsteps of such heroes as Martin Gardner.

Benjamin is the co-author, with Michael Shermer, of Secrets of Mental Math (which shares his secrets for rapid mental calculation), as well as the co-author of the MAA award-winning Proofs That Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof. For a glimpse of his broad approach to math, see the list of research talks on his website, which seesaws between high-level math (such as his "Vandermonde's Determinant and Fibonacci SAWs," presented at MIT in 2004) and engaging math talks for the rest of us ("An Amazing Mathematical Card Trick").

More profile about the speaker
Arthur Benjamin | Speaker | TED.com

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