From a recent ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) blog:
"When we think about what a scientist or a mathematician looks like, we rarely see a pen or pencil in hand composing a report or writing an essay. No, we think of the more glamorous side of conducting experiments and solving intricate mathematical situations.
"However, one must realize, writing is a tool to make thinking more lucid. Think about it: to be able to put words onto paper, one must extract information and then be able to portray its meaning clearly via words on a page. Carly Fiorina (former executive of Hewlett Packard) sums it up, 'The goal is to transform data into information and information into insight.' Can a scientist or mathematician be considered successful with his/her theories if he/she has solved a complex problem yet cannot elucidate and interpret the solution in words?"
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