Habit and training On May 20, 2014 2:44 PM, "Zaphod Beeblebrox" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If it's aimed at the least intelligent, why are all these parents having > trouble understanding it then? > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:09 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In a lot of ways it seems like it's aimed at the slowest learners and > least > > intelligent, what happens to the best and brightest. > > On May 20, 2014 2:06 PM, "Sam" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > The way they were teaching is when you add over three numbers, you use > a > > > scratch sheet and add all the numbers that are close to ten, then add > > them > > > together. You needed a worksheet to add rather than just adding down > in a > > > column and doing math in your head. I've read it takes the thinking out > > of > > > math so students don't actually learn how to add numbers in their > head. I > > > wish I had an example to show. > > > > > > This example went viral awhile back: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/24/youve-just-got-to-see-what-a-frustrated-parent-wrote-on-their-childs-common-core-math-assignment/ > > > > > > There are many others if you search. > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:49 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I'll skip the rest of your junk and get to the only thing of > > > > importance..... > > > > > > > > > > > > Aha! Practical experience! Please tell me why you think it's a joke. > > What > > > > parts of it do you think make it less effective in teaching children > > > > mathematics? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370315 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
