I enjoyed this video. It’s worth watching all the way through. Kids are taught clustering, triangles, magic sevens, and other intriguing concepts. These are very interesting ways to look at math. However, they completely lack regular core math skills because they don’t master the basic algorithms. They have a complete dependence on calculators. What do you think?
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Thanks for posting that. I had Everyday Math when I was in in first grade through fifth grade. I remember learning all of the deprecated methods she explained, though I never use them today.
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Wow, that’s very interesting. I didn’t know anyone who had to actually learn these methods in school, but now I do
Great explanation on why some progressive school systems can’t do the basics of teaching math. I never did like those new algorithms for basic math. KISS
Wow, and here I thought people grabbing a calculator was just sheer laziness…I didn’t realize some of them just didn’t know how to do it.