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charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, We would like to point to an article in the Guardian / Observer earlier thi= s week that was about the educational benefits of category theory, as compe= llingly demonstrated by an experiment that we just did: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/16/physicist-bob-coecke-its-ea= sier-to-convince-kids-than-adults-about-quantum-mechanics The word =93category theory=94 only occurs twice, but it all concerns monoi= dal string diagrams, with structures like dagger compact closure and dagger= Frobenius algebras. Concretely, what we did was teach 60 fairly averagely chosen 15-17 yr old s= econdary school students categorical quantum mechanics using the book =93Qu= antum in Pictures=94 by Stefano Gogioso and myself. The only maths pre-req= uisite for that book is knowing how angles add up. We have video lectures = of the book that we will release soon, and also recorded some worked-out ex= ercises that we also will release soonish. With these resources we create= d an on-line course that follows the template of a typical Oxford post-grad= course, but without the benefits of in person teaching. We then subjected the students to an exam exclusively consisting of Oxford = post-grad quantum exam questions. The result: 80% passed and almost 40% got distinctions. Here is a statement by Oxford Uni about the experiment: https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2280-full.html and here is an extensive blog post I wrote about it, providing some additio= nal context: https://medium.com/quantinuum/everyone-can-learn-quantum-now-even-at-a-cutt= ing-edge-level-and-we-have-the-test-scores-to-prove-49e7fdc5c509 All our best wishes for the new year! You're receiving this message because you're a member of the Categories mai= ling list group from Macquarie University. To take part in this conversatio= n, reply all to this message. View group files | Leave group | = Learn more about Microsoft 365 Groups --_000_MW5PR19MB560278ADDD46D703775980DDE594AMW5PR19MB5602namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

= Hi all, 


We would like to point to= an article in the Guardian / Observer earlier this week that was about the= educational benefits of category theory, as compellingly demonstrated by an experiment that we just did:  


https://www.th= eguardian.com/science/2023/dec/16/physicist-bob-coecke-its-easier-to-convin= ce-kids-than-adults-about-quantum-mechanics


The word =93category theo= ry=94 only occurs twice, but it all concerns monoidal string diagrams, with= structures like dagger compact closure and dagger Frobenius algebras.


Concretely, what we did w= as teach 60 fairly averagely chosen 15-17 yr old secondary school students = categorical quantum mechanics using the book =93Quantum in Pictures=94 by Stefano Gogioso and myself.  Th= e only maths pre-requisite for that book is knowing how angles add up. = ; We have video lectures of the book that we will release soon, and also re= corded some worked-out exercises that we also will release  soonish.  With these resources we created an on-li= ne course that follows the template of a typical Oxford post-grad course, b= ut without the benefits of in person teaching.


= We then subjected the students to an exam exclusively consisting of Oxford = post-grad quantum exam questions.  

=

= The result: 80% passed and almost 40% got distinctions.  


Here is a statement by Ox= ford Uni about the experiment:


https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2280-full.html<= /p>


and here is an extensive = blog post I wrote about it, providing some additional context:


https://medium.com/quantinuum/everyone-can-learn-quant= um-now-even-at-a-cutting-edge-level-and-we-have-the-test-scores-to-prove-49= e7fdc5c509


= All our best wishes for the new year! 

 
 
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