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?
In Japan and Finland and many other traditionally high-performing countries, rote learning has been an extremely minor part of elementary mathematics instruction. I have observed many elementary mathematics lessons in Japan (and speak Japanese.) I know from direct observation.
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my daughter just returned from spending 5 months in Japan at the high school level. None of them use calculators in school. EVER. Rote learning is huge at primary level so that it frees up time in math class beyond elementary. Kids are then free to learn higher order mathematics
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Ms Houle, I have lived a large part of my adult life in Japan, and speak the language fluently. Rote learning is not huge at the primary level. This is a bizarre lie, and I am puzzled that you should be persuaded by it. Please read Stigler, Stevenson, Lewis, et. al. on this.
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