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 @DrEugeniaCheng and
Why, then, do students who "successfully" engaged in repeated practice of the division of fractions not retain their skill in this activity? Why do so many college graduates not recall how to divide 11/31 by -53/97?
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @DrEugeniaCheng and
because they haven't MASTERED this basic math skill. Use of calculators and other manipulatives have inhibited their ability to do so. Simply "knowing" isn't good enuf. Without mastery long term memory cannot occur http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/Siegler-etal-inpressPsySci.pdf ….
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Replying to @TaraMathBC @DrEugeniaCheng and
@TaraMathBC: See Bahrick & Hall (1991) J. Exp. Psych.: General, 120, pp. 20-33. Learners of algebra whose practice persisted only while it was imposed on them did not retain much. If practice is miserable, no one will persist in it once the obligation to persist is removed.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Tara Houle Retweeted Claire Lehmann
well that can be said for ANYTHING. That's what happens when kids haven't mastered basic math facts, like fractional arithmetic, so they can learn Algebra effectively. Try and rush students thru procedures w/o mastery, leads to disaster. Just saw thishttps://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1030307817297563648 …
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Claire LehmannVerified account @clairlemonBecause a) you want to store facts in your long term memory & retrieve them when relevant b) your working memory gets overloaded easily c) it's hard to be critical w/out having mastery & d) it's hard to be creative unless you have knowledge across domains https://twitter.com/Mexikansk/status/1030302461876219906 …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @TaraMathBC @DrEugeniaCheng and
Ms Houle, you seem determined to ignore a basic point: you can't get kids to practice enough to achieve useful, durable results simply by compelling them to practice. This has been tried and tried and tried, and the main effect of the effort has been to inculcate math hatred.
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @DrEugeniaCheng and
4. what has occurred over a 30 yr period is an obsession with child centred, inquiry based learning to the detriment of successful classroom instruction. When we know what works, and how to employ it, why do so many choose to ignore it?
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Replying to @TaraMathBC @DrEugeniaCheng and
Ms Houle, I am a mathematician. I love mathematics. Its propagation to the next generation is an urgent concern of mine, to which I have given much of my life. I respectfully point out that Euler's ALGEBRA of 1770 remains arguably the best text ever written on this subject.
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It is not just over the past 30 years that mathematics education has regressed.
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @DrEugeniaCheng and
no it's not but we've seen unprecedented declines in the past 3 decades that weren't as significant previously.
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