> I so disagree with that. Of course a lot of learning is intuitive. > It is a lot easier to be intuitive when you have recall of facts > though.
I disagree with the sentiment, too. I find it reprehensible that the basic math facts aren't considered important. Honestly, what good is dynamic problem solving if you don't know that you've come up with the right answer when you do? If you can restate the problem and look at it from another angle that's great. I think you'll have varying levels of success with 'teaching' that sort of skill set. But again, what good does it do little Johnny in the long run, if he doesn't know that 2 + 2 = 4? > I remember elementary school mathematics well. It was all rote. We > did basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc over and over. Mine, too. > Worked pretty well for me. I have a MA in math. I don't have a degree in math, but I can do "figures" in my head and my estimation skills are top notch. Thanks to rote. :-) -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:226833 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
