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Update: The project described below is on hold. At the moment I’m trying to finish some other courses that will be even more comprehensive and effective. More news soon.
From the Sunday, March 23, 2008 Foxtrot comic by Bill Amend So many people have asked about a sequel for “Numbers [...] Today a concerned reader took issue with what he understands my methods to be. (See comment #4 at Augends, Addends and the Commutative Law of Addition.) Fair enough, but I think he may have misunderstood my methods. That could, of course, be due to the way I communicate them (or miscommunicate them). First let me [...] I’ve just been perusing a very interesting blog (and a great resource for teachers in public schools). It’s called MathNotations. This post intrigued and annoyed me, though. (Hey, maybe that’s a sign that it is a good blog!) It’s a poll about which method should be used to teach multidigit multiplication, like 48*73, for [...] Do you want to understand and be able to multiply in order to: a) help you (or your child) with life in general and the education that counts, or b) just help you (or your child) pass the next math test? If your answer was b, you just saved yourself some time and effort for [...] |
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