sure, basic facts, but to this day, i've not really remembered my 12's multiplication tables. I use shortcuts in my math all the time. What's 12x11? To me it's 12x10 + 12.
I remember in grade school having to test over the multiplication tables all the way to 12....What good does that do when you're asked what's 13x14? zB On 2/5/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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:226847 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
