You’re taught, “You can’t divide by zero.” But are you taught why? Adequately? Nah. That’s one of the fundamental goobers of elementary school. They give you rules to memorize, but even the teachers are unclear of why those rules are rules. [...]
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I was looking online for suggestions about how to teach kids to check work, when I came accross your website… [...] Not much of a post today, but there are two things I’d like to bring your attention to: If you’ve read the recent posts about bases, you might find this comic in today’s Sunday supplement of many newspapers interesting. It’s from “Foxtrot” by Bill Amend. He often references science and math in his comics. This [...] Thought you might enjoy this bit of math “logic.” That it’s “broken” seems clear. But what is “it?” Each state, district, and even type of school is different. One thing that is clear is that creating simplistic “standards” (which are supposed to cover all federally funded schools) is just jaw-flapping by people who understand neither education, math, nor children. [...] |
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