There's definitely a time crunch in our curriculum. It's faster to memorize, especially if you have to know it by test time. But lack of connection means they forget it once the test is done and then they're scrambling when the final exam comes around.
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There are so many competing interests, and I have no idea what the perfect curriculum/education looks like. Kids act in their own self interest, as they should. In my short career, I’ve found the best antidote to math phobia has been a personal connection and gaining trust.
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Replying to @dmc0603 @msmathlove and
The crucial point is that we none of us remember what is of no interest to us -- and we all of us avoid what is actively unpleasant to us. Ask a random sample of college graduates to divide 11/31 by -53/97. All of them passed a test on this once. Does that matter today?
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @dmc0603 and
what matters is that kids were given the tools to figure it out efficiently and effectively. Math facts learned via rote and standard algorithms are these tools to learn as they're the best method for novice learners. Understanding comes through that process. Plain and simple.
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Replying to @TaraMathBC @dmc0603 and
You do not address the question I raised. If none of this rote learning survives in the long run, then what is the value of it?
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @dmc0603 and
b/c ? raised isn't the right one. The value of rote is that it helps us develop our long term memory which creates our knowledge base & critical thought. Cognitive Load Theory; read about it here https://impact.chartered.college/article/shibli-cognitive-load-theory-classroom/ … research study here http://www.cogtech.usc.edu/publications/kirschner_Sweller_Clark.pdf …
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Replying to @TaraMathBC @MathPrinceps and
This article doesn't mention rote. Do you believe that rote is the only or best way to develop long term memory?
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Replying to @DrEugeniaCheng @MathPrinceps and
sigh...one only obtains long term memory thru repeated practice. Also known as "rote".pic.twitter.com/sua4YtETmD
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Replying to @TaraMathBC @MathPrinceps and
Interesting (though I'm not seeing any mention of rote learning in the highlighted text). Are you saying that applies to all long term memory? Would you say that we learn our native language by rote? Would you say we learn people's names by rote?
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Replying to @DrEugeniaCheng @MathPrinceps and
From a Cog Sci: "The benefit of knowing facts by rote is that “it frees up their working memory,” he said. In other words, a student who can do basic calculations quickly has more processing power available for solving the bigger problem." https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/what-makes-math-hard … Bye.
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Again you refuse to address the question. Why does so little of this practiced facility with arithmetic survive into adulthood?
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