This is probably true. I also claim that many students will be turned off by being forced to memorized the basics. So it wouldn't help to force them!https://twitter.com/davidmanheim/status/1030138888310939650 …
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Replying to @DrEugeniaCheng
Maybe. I'm not sure there is a significant value in keeping students with lukewarm interest in math, but few well-honed basic skills. They mostly won't become mathematicians, and even if most won't be as "turned off," they won't have drilled in these basic skills needed for life.
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Replying to @davidmanheim @DrEugeniaCheng
Very few "math skills" are needed for life. This is precisely why this country has managed to survive for many decades with a completely dysfunctional system of mathematics education.
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @DrEugeniaCheng
I'm wary of the historical "evidence" of how people muddled through. The difference between the level of math needed for a high-school dropout to have a successful career in the 1980s, or to understand widely discussed policy issues, is clearly very different than the present.
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I'm pretty sure this is a pretty important career path requiring basic math. Denying these kids the math skills they require, is shameful.pic.twitter.com/pUQLv8t8ag
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Exactly my point!
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many pontificate from lofty perches of academia, w/o ever dealt w/15 yr olds suffering from crippling anxiety, b/c they can't automatically recall 8x7. How can kids function in society w/o basic math? Innumeracy is increasing, thx in part 2 prog nonsense eschewing memorization.
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I am not an academic. All my work is face to face with real, live kids. I have done this work for nearly twenty years now. I am no armchair philosopher. I know from very direct personal experience exactly what is involved in conveying a genuine mastery of mathematics to children.
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