Everyday (Fuzzy) Math is Dumbing Down Our Children
Everyday (Fuzzy) Math
is Dumbing Down Our Children
In May 2005 Stafford County adopted the Everyday Mathematics curriculum for grades K-5. Everyday Mathematics is a fuzzy math program that dumbs down children, making them incapable of solving basic math problems.
Strange (Fuzzy) Math
Reviewing the fifth grade Everyday Math book reveals some ridiculous methods used in that book for teaching math. There is a 23 page chapter that teaches nothing but how to operate a calculator. Why would a fifth grade math book devote that much space giving instructions on how to operate a calculator? The reason is that the odd algorithmic methods taught in the book for solving math problems are so confusing and unworkable that the
is Dumbing Down Our Children
In May 2005 Stafford County adopted the Everyday Mathematics curriculum for grades K-5. Everyday Mathematics is a fuzzy math program that dumbs down children, making them incapable of solving basic math problems.
Strange (Fuzzy) Math
Reviewing the fifth grade Everyday Math book reveals some ridiculous methods used in that book for teaching math. There is a 23 page chapter that teaches nothing but how to operate a calculator. Why would a fifth grade math book devote that much space giving instructions on how to operate a calculator? The reason is that the odd algorithmic methods taught in the book for solving math problems are so confusing and unworkable that the
