My children's school system actively *discourages* rote learning of basic math facts. No times tables by heart, etc.
Instead, about 4 years ago they adopted Turk, a supplemental program, as the math curriculum. the e-mail tag on the District Math "Director's" e-mail? "Learning stops when memorization begins." assinine! needless to say there are many a session of flash cards, etc. There's just some things you have to know! On 2/2/07, Jerry Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sadly, math is a dying skill. > > Your 1990 example is pretty funny. There are classes like that. I > used to be a math teacher many years ago. You would be surprised at > what text books incorporate these days. One example was sweat shops > in Honderas and the profit the American owners were making. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226712 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
