> Just because ChatGPT can do it, doesn’t mean that it isn’t valuable for a human to learn.
No, but it does sort of suggest that, doesn't it?
> This is especially true for foundational courses.
Sure, but calculus is about memorizing ways to answer problems. We're not talking about real analysis, the course in which students develop the calculus and prove it works.
> Sure, but calculus is about memorizing ways to answer problems.
It really isn't. That might be how some people managed to get a passing grade, but clearly they learned nothing and squandered a once in a lifetime opportunity to get to know it.
Its valuable if you wrap it up in an applied problem solving course like physics. That’s the point of the new curriculum reform anyway. Other countries that exceed us in test scores do this.
So it really begs the question as to what is the point? The only thing I can think of is college admissions. A specific selection of rigorous memorization for elite admission.