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Proposed deletion of Reward-based learning in Mathematics


The article Reward-based learning in Mathematics has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Many, issues: unsourced, POV, promotional and speculative. Mostly seems someone's personal reflections, not an encyclopaedic topic.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Reward-based learning in Mathematics


A tag has been placed on Reward-based learning in Mathematics, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Reward-based learning in mathematics
Hello. In case you want access to your now-deleted article, I've put a copy of it here: User talk:Alastairdobbie/Reward-based learning in mathematics.

Something like this that is in the nature of an editorial opinion rather than a factual account citing authoritative published references is not considered suitable as a Wikipedia article. But I'd like to comment on something else in it: You say that mathematics is "linear". I'm not sure just what you mean by that term, but I wonder if it may be based on widespread popular misunderstandings of what mathematics is. People look at problems like "What is 42 &times; 31?" and think that's typical of what a math problem is. That is a mistake resulting from the way mathematics gets taught when it's made a universally compulsory course. Suppose you're told 3 &times; 5 means 5 + 5 + 5 and 5 &times; 3 means 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3. Why, then, should these two differently defined things yield the same number, and why should it always be true that a &times; b ends up being the same number as b &times; a? That question is really typical of what mathematics problems are. So my question to you is this: Can that problem be solved by a method that you would consider "linear"? Michael Hardy (talk) 23:18, 25 December 2013 (UTC)