RAWowner333 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this is the most retarded thing i've ever heard of. I'm in calc 2 and yeah sure i use a calculator only to figure out 2343*384 to take less time to use the normal algorithm. once again..retarded...

EdgeStormcrow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

im with ya sister.. this chick is right.. im doing maths at uni and i still cant long divide, cos they made us remember a song..a song.. and i forgot the song and cant long divide anymore lol !

MsMathTeacher (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

As a parent and math teacher I have found Everyday Math to provide a strong program which helps students develop "number sense", meaning they do not simply memorize algorithms, but actually understand why the they work. This is critical for students to use what they know to solve new problems or situations. I feel very strongly that kids need to do a certain amount of basic memorization- multiplication tables, etc. I am often shocked at how much high school students rely on calculators.

deprofundis442 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Doesn't the government decide on the ciriculum these days though? If that's so, then teachers don't really have a say.

gerstners (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

She is not claiming to be an expert in math.

xingfenzhen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I think her point is that those thing should be taught in geography class instead. You learn methods in math class and then apply them in other classes like geography, science etc, rather than combine them

xingfenzhen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

TERC method is actually very similar to mental math techniques taught in china. expect we had to answer them verbally in class and then prove our answers on the blackboard with the traditional method. Also I wish abacus is taught in schools here, since it really teaches to break complex calculations into simpler ones, and do it very quickly...

ThatOneAwesomeGuy1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

at 2:18 my brain goes "WTF man this is ALL screwed up"

Ramrider247 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

My students love the lattice method. I hadn't seen it before (I'm not a Maths specialist) so I looked it up. Now I'm perfectly able to use it. I agree on most of the rest of it, though.

mrallcock (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

the book you show with the remarks of having no math on certain pages has tables- arent these tables a way of presenting math? does a degree in weather qualify you as an expert in math?