As someone with a college math degree, I can say that that is, in fact, how math is really done. You can take short cuts on arithmetic by memorizing tables, sure. Fundamentally, however, it is more about how you approach a problem and the techniques that go into solving it. If you learn the approaches and show mastery of when/how to apply them, you are solving problems. If you memorize tables of arithmetic, then you are relying solely on your ability to memorize data, which is not doing math.
This becomes particularly important when you hit integral calculus and beyond. There is no general way to do integrals. There are categories of problems that share characteristics and that people have figured out are best able to be tackled with certain techniques. But there is no "answer" or even "the way to do it". It just doesn't exist. Instead, you have to learn to find patterns, try approaches and recognize whether or not the approach is taking you in the direction you want. Cheers, Judah On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:09 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In a lot of ways it seems like it's aimed at the slowest learners and least > intelligent, what happens to the best and brightest. > On May 20, 2014 2:06 PM, "Sam" <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The way they were teaching is when you add over three numbers, you use a > > scratch sheet and add all the numbers that are close to ten, then add > them > > together. You needed a worksheet to add rather than just adding down in a > > column and doing math in your head. I've read it takes the thinking out > of > > math so students don't actually learn how to add numbers in their head. I > > wish I had an example to show. > > > > This example went viral awhile back: > > > > > > > http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/24/youve-just-got-to-see-what-a-frustrated-parent-wrote-on-their-childs-common-core-math-assignment/ > > > > There are many others if you search. > > > > . > > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:49 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'll skip the rest of your junk and get to the only thing of > > > importance..... > > > > > > > > > Aha! Practical experience! Please tell me why you think it's a joke. > What > > > parts of it do you think make it less effective in teaching children > > > mathematics? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370293 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
