I think Americans hate learning math concepts by doing 100s of practice problems.They want to just "get" it via 1 example, then use computer
Conversation
Replying to
What would help would be if the hundreds of practice problems were interesting in themselves.
2
Replying to
. I disagree. That's asking for candy for every try. Key is to get addicted to method itself, not effects or insights it produces
1
4
Show replies
Replying to
I tried to explain to students that the boring bits are like doing free throw drills. Solving new problems is the game.
1



