meganursula: (scientist)
Megan Hazen ([personal profile] meganursula) wrote2010-03-29 09:53 pm
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huh.

How do you find the area of a rectangle? (And, did you have to think about it?)
Just curious.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201003/when-less-is-more-the-case-teaching-less-math-in-schools?page=2

I have a hard time with the idea of teaching no arithmetic, as we are already playing with ideas like 'if there are two here, and three here, how many are there all together?' Is this wrong?

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