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In case you missed it, here is a re-link to a post from this week . . . This is where we traditionally go wrong in teaching mathematics, I think. It wont be long before these same eager kids will need the prompting, coaxing, and nagging. It wont be long before these kids will be complaining that math is hard. Its because weve got it all backwards. For some reason we have this idea that we ought to first abstract mathematical concepts into codes on paper, into algorithms and formulas, when, in fact, math, real math, is a natural part of our day-to-day lives, something to be first understood through practical application, much the way we first understand language before abstracting it into reading and writing.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:48:55 +0000

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