tbqh this is teaching kids how to do FOIL with basic arithmetic before they know how to use algebraic variables https://twitter.com/iStanAristotle/status/1133787198363394049 …
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Something I want to exist: a math curriculum where you teach kids a tiny amount of all math subjects and show how they fit together First graders can probably understand small pieces of calculus, geometry, discrete math, etc Also I'd totally take that class
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Take a look at Life of Fred. My kids have been learning with it for the last six years, and I truly envy the education they're getting.
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That is easy to demonstrate with manipulables like blocks designed to show it. That’s great for building number sense. But this operation looks like a strictly worse algorithm.
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This method is way easier to do in your head though, and your intermediate answers start at the correct order of magnitude and improve towards the right answer if you can remember all of the pieces. If you can't, the old method will just tell you the ones place...
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Graph and category theory too!
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