All college students should be required to take math courses, even if the students have no interest in math.
Yes, I am of the opinion that introductory mathematics courses are absolutely essential for entry-level college students and should be made compulsory regardless of the student’s inherent interests in the subject itself.
We live in an increasingly data-oriented world, a world that is being driven by a daily increase in computational power. In such a world, one should at least possess the ability to perceive and make sense of quantitative information, regardless of the field that they are being educated in. Introductory calculus and statistics courses (even if more in an applied context) go a long way in equipping individuals with the tools to make sense of such quantitative information.
In the context of modern science, especially in the context of the falsifiable, hypothesis driven research, statistics is unavoidable. Modern scientific research has been plagued by the incorrect use of statistics and the lack of mathematical intuition is one of the crucial reasons for this happening. Mathematical education is crucial for anyone wanting to a pursue a career in the field of scientific research.
Just as the microscope was a tool that facilitated an explosion in helping push the envelopes of what we understand in the field of biological sciences, mathematics can and should be considered as the modern equivalent of the microscope. The push towards making science more quantitative has had a profound impact in helping us broaden our understanding the natural world, be it in economics, chemistry or conservation biology.
Modern society is also characterized by a general distrust in the scientific method. This is not without reason. Journalists reporting on scientific stories haven’t been equipped with the tools to understand and interpret quantitative information and so modern science journalism has been plagued by shoddy reporting of data and results. This can be rectified by the teaching of science to journalists.
Just as in the sciences, mathematics can be viewed as a tool in the arts as well. Several musicians have been employing mathematics and mathematical structures in their underlying song compositions to produce music that pushes artistic boundaries. Similarly, the artist MC Escher produced paintings with several inherent mathematical structures. Art and mathematics need not and should not be independent of each other.
Ultimately and most importantly, in an increasingly information and data heavy world, mathematical and quantitative perception of things helps us in understanding and making sense of this data. The world is filled with people holding prejudices and a proper quantitative understanding of existing data is one of the most powerful methods to help dismiss these prejudices in people.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 68, Rule ID: ABSOLUTELY_ESSENTIAL[1]
Message: Use simply 'essential'.
Suggestion: essential
...at introductory mathematics courses are absolutely essential for entry-level college students and sh...
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Line 5, column 349, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'anyone' must be used with a third-person verb: 'wants'.
Suggestion: wants
...matical education is crucial for anyone wanting to a pursue a career in the field of sc...
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Line 5, column 360, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...cation is crucial for anyone wanting to a pursue a career in the field of scientific res...
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Line 13, column 37, Rule ID: A_RB_NN[1]
Message: You used an adverb ('increasingly') instead an adjective, or a noun ('information') instead of another adjective.
... Ultimately and most importantly, in an increasingly information and data heavy world, mathematical and ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, if, similarly, so, well, at least
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 11.3162921348 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 20.0 33.0505617978 61% => OK
Preposition: 61.0 58.6224719101 104% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2348.0 2235.4752809 105% => OK
No of words: 424.0 442.535393258 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.53773584906 5.05705443957 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53775939005 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.36391121671 2.79657885939 120% => OK
Unique words: 212.0 215.323595506 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 732.6 704.065955056 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 60.005770729 60.3974514979 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 123.578947368 118.986275619 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.3157894737 23.4991977007 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.05263157895 5.21951772744 39% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.97078651685 141% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0990158199837 0.243740707755 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0322257003744 0.0831039109588 39% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0513449908938 0.0758088955206 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.057480028445 0.150359130593 38% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0712594731464 0.0667264976115 107% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 14.1392134831 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 48.8420337079 83% => OK
smog_index: 13.0 7.92365168539 164% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 12.1743820225 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.15 12.1639044944 125% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.16 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 119.0 100.480337079 118% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 16.5 11.8971910112 139% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 16.0 11.7820224719 136% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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