Group Name: Three Dimensions Members: Cristina Ramos, Aaron Petilla, Collin Catoy Date: March 19, 2021 Section: N Assignment 1 – Activity 2 Math Perceptions Name Occupation Quote Filipinas Petilla SRS-1 “Arithmetic is a big factor in my job since science and maths goes together.” GianMyrlRenomeron College Student “I like math because I use it every day.” Kim Hue Dehayco College Student “Math helps me with many calculations in the games I like to play.” Jaq Gabriel Tonido College Student “It’s nice, but it becomes a hardship to do and work with sometimes.” Noel Petilla High School Teacher “Mathematics determines whether a person is disciplined or not in his line of work.” AdoracionPetilla High School Teacher “Math will be useful for my students in their future careers. I can bet on that.” Opinion The respondent believes that math plays a strong role when it comes to the daily activities on her job in the lab. (Positive stand) For a college student like him, he believes that math plays a few roles in his education. (Positive stand) Kim is the average video game enjoyer, with deep insight in the mechanics he plays. Math helps him calculate things like angles, run speed, and damage output in the games he plays. (Positive stand) He believes that math is very important, and does play a role in his daily life such as basic tasks and education. However, he believes that once it becomes a little bit more complex than basic calculations, it becomes tedious and undesirable. (Neutral stand – leaning more to positive) For a high school teacher like him, mathematics is the measure of hard work and discipline which shows what kind of student or person he is working with. (Neutral stand) She believes that mathematics will help her current students further their knowledge and TerrenPlazuela College Student Lawrence ArdeeCanillas College Student John Marlon Dispo College Student Peter Andrei Petilla High School Student Mathew Jerome Golong College Student Kyle Lapid High School Student education, in order for them to grow holistically. (Positive stand) One of the main things that turned psychology into a science was the requirement of empirical evidence by the behaviorists way back in the old times. That scientific approach then “Math is what turns philosophy eventually led to the into science.” inclusion of psych stats in psych methodologies. With the backing of statistics, findings in psych studies were given more attention than the armchair theories of the past. (Positive stand) He further states that objective reality is filtered through our five senses, making them subjective to each entity. Math is like “Math is the best link we have to the language that lets us reality.” see reality in an objective manner, in which all entities can relate to. (Positive stand) Just like the earlier “Math is a human invention respondent, he perceives designed to quantify the known math as a way to observe world.” objective reality. (Positive stand) He basically thinks that math is adequate enough “Math is ok.” to use and understand. (Neutral stand) He states that math helps him learn more about the economic atmosphere he “Math is the reason why I’m dwells in, and that going rich.” understanding such will help him increase his fortune. (Positive stand) He thinks that math is alright when needed, but “Mathematics is fine, but I’d he won’t dive into it when prefer not to do it when not it is not necessary. needed.” (Neutral stand – leaning more to negative) Aiman Pampanga College Student WyonnaSanico College Student Luis Gabriel Villadarez College Student Raul Soliva Engineer Marita Castro English Teacher Just like some other respondents earlier, he believes that the only way to fully understand “Understanding mathematics is reasoning and the entirety necessary if you want to of one’s surroundings is to understand the world.” understand the math, be it basic or complex, behind such observable events/objects. (Positive stand) She thinks that math is necessary, but she wouldn’t consider herself “Math is a need for most subject so inclined to math as matters, but I don’t really care others would be, since she for it as much as other things.” has other strength in play. (Neutral stand – leaning more to negative) He believes that math is very helpful when it comes “I like math because it deepens to his major, and that math my understanding in my major, plays an important role to as well as the happenings around the things around him; like how engines start or why a me.” computer malfunctions. (Positive stand) The message that he put forward is that basically, “It is more focus to analyzation. life will throw several We analyze situation to be able problems or ordeals to estimate the level of capacity. towards an individual. Capacity in terms of readiness to With the help of solve problems. Problems are mathematics, the result of discomfort related understanding and solving to physical, mental and social said problems would be life. Mathematics provide much easier. He also states comfort, peace of mind and that being afraid, disliking, good health. Misconception or avoiding math can cause about mathematics can bring more problems than there you to disaster.” already is. (Positive stand) “Mathematics not just teaches us She goes on about the hard-to-grasp concepts and benefits that one can gain complicated formulas, but it also when they learn and teaches us how to have understand math by heart. perseverance in every problem Stating that math helps that we are facing. In solving condition the mind and Mathematics we don’t easily body for several ordeals, derive the correct answer, we coming up with solutions often use multiple solutions systematically and before arriving at the desired whatnot. solution. Just like in our daily (Positive stand) life problem encounters, we don’t simply surrender, instead we consider our increased capacities to solve a certain problem-- and that’s one vital thing Mathematics teaches us.” Group Reflection For thousands of years, mankind had always had several problems regarding quantities and whatnot, and math had always been part of it. Before mathematics was formally “invented” and further normalized in Western Europe during the 17th century, math had always been present ever since humans had the power to piece together logic. Ancient humans would use sundials to tell the time, which by no coincidence, had specific angles. During medieval times, apothecaries would prescribe a number of several herbs in dosages that correspond to the patient’s age or level of maturity. Evidence of written mathematics even dates back all the way 2000 B.C. during the age of Mesopotamia, where mathematics was denoted and practiced by their people in the form of clay tablets. It is without say that humans back then relied and appreciated math, and ever more so the humans of today. Our respondents showed an excellent case of this so called appreciation, and furthermore, an understanding for mathematics. Among our respondents, there are some that take upon a stance of neutrality when it comes to the subject, but they did not deny the usefulness and purpose of mathematics, be it simple or complex. There are some of those neutral who lean more to the negative, but still, as said, they do seem to affirm that mathematics is a need if one wants to understand basic things. The majority of our respondents actually took a positive stand towards mathematics; both as a subject and a way of life. We can generalize some of their thoughts, and maybe expound in them a bit further. Some respondents who took a positive stance to mathematics state that it is very helpful when it comes to daily activities, events, and whatnot. These activities can be as simple as scheduling a day, a week or even a month. Other activities can be things like work, education, or even exercise. Adding a numerical value to an observable quantity (like adding tasks to a date, planning the flow of a 2 hour event, or counting repetitions in an exercise routine) is the average idea of people who say that mathematics is helpful for day to day activities. Other respondents who took a positive stance stated that mathematics is a necessary if you want to excel in an activity, excel in a job, or solve a problem. Our basic understanding of these claims is that the discipline to learn and understand mathematics as a way of doing things equates to one’s ability to adapt and overcome ordeals. With that being said, we can say that a person who learns the from the hardships of mathematics can more or less actively overcome other hardships in life more than that of a person who neglects the need to understand mathematics. The last part of respondents who took a positive stance rather had an interesting take on mathematics. The basic idea of their claim is that mathematics is what makes up human understanding, as taken from the quote of Canillas, “Mathematics is the best link we have to reality.”— When taken into understanding, their statements do make sense. Why do birds fly? How can we perceive if a bird is flying? How is the bird flying in the first place? These are all questions that can be answered by math. Specifically, they can be answered by physics. However, physics is only theory if there is no math involved; such as to psychology, biology, and other fields of study. As stated earlier, objective reality is filtered through the five senses. Think of it as a digital camera taking a picture. Before taking the picture, the observer can see the subject of the picture on the screen or through the lens of the digital camera. The information that is being presented to the screen is basically filtered by the camera and presented by the camera. In the “dimension” where the camera is in, the subject of the picture basically exists. But what happens when the camera is turned off? The screen is blank, or in other words, in the “dimension” where the camera is in, the subject of the picture basically does not exist. Math helps us filter and understand the objective reality. Mathematics, be it simple or not, exists to feed information to an entity when it observes objective reality. Mathematics basically quantifies the known world, as said earlier by Mr. Dispo. When objective reality is quantified, it becomes easier to understand. With all the unique ideologies and stances on math, we can say that the people of today know how to appreciate math, and know that mathematics will always play a very important role in every individual’s life on the day to day basis.
