Do You Understand the Math Your Children are Learning?
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| How can a student "think like a mathematician" if the student doesn't understand mathematical facts? |
Barry Garelick writes in The Atlantic about math reform and the need for a revolution in how it's taught in public education classrooms. From It's Not Just Writing: Math Needs a Revolution, Too:
I first became aware of it (mathematics education) over 10 years ago when I saw what passed for math instruction in my daughter's second grade class. I was concerned that she