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SteveH has a new comment about Base 5 & fuzzy math in the CompareAndContrast thread.

update: More from Steve!

Thank you!

I love this, especially:

when my son was born, I told my mother that I wanted 3 things for him in life: 1. To care about other people. 2. To know the value of hard work. and 3. To be happy. Her response was that if he did numbers 1 and 2, then number 3 will take care of itself.

And this:

If Everyday Math (as an example), thinks that doing things in different ways is helpful, then why do they completely avoid the standard algorithms (the best ways)? While doing Singapore Math with my son at home, he ends up doing a number of things in different ways than his EM at school. This can be helpful, or it can be an overload of the brain.

I think SteveH is also the commenter who pointed out that ed school students are taught constructivist teaching methods via direct instruction.

I say that's not fair.

If our kids have to discover math, ed students should have to discover discovery.

Guess and check, guys!

Lots of sharp observations on math & practice, math & creativity, math & solving problems more than one way here: ILikeMath

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