The Math War: How schools have changed their lesson plans
source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/18/renegade.math.parents.ap/index.html
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- DeliaTheArtist
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"They call it the Math Wars: The debate, at times acrimonious, over which way is best to teach kids math. In its most black-and-white form, it pits schools hoping to prepare kids for a new world against reluctant parents who feel that the traditional way is best and that their kids are being shortchanged."
Apparently, more and more schools are teaching kids "conceptual math" or the concepts behind mathematics as opposed to the formulas themselves. Most parents aren't exactly angry about that, but frustrated that they can't help their kids with homework because they never learned this newfangled stuff.
Honestly, I probably would have done a LOT better at "concept" based math- a lot of people tend to either be math or english people, and I sucked horribly at math while passing english with my eyes closed. I wonder if conceptualizing math before learning formulas and things like that would have helped me to understand it and like it more than I did.
Apparently, more and more schools are teaching kids "conceptual math" or the concepts behind mathematics as opposed to the formulas themselves. Most parents aren't exactly angry about that, but frustrated that they can't help their kids with homework because they never learned this newfangled stuff.
Honestly, I probably would have done a LOT better at "concept" based math- a lot of people tend to either be math or english people, and I sucked horribly at math while passing english with my eyes closed. I wonder if conceptualizing math before learning formulas and things like that would have helped me to understand it and like it more than I did.
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