Monday, August 9, 2010

Teaching mathematics


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This is a real problem! My own feeling is that a lot of kids are
frustrated by math because it's taught incorrectly.

Imagine if we taught baseball the way we teach math. Kids would never
get to see an actual game, let alone play in one... in fact, they
wouldn't even be told that _is_ a game.

They'd be asked to learn to compute statistics like batting averages
and fielding percentages, "because you'll need them someday."free math; They'd
be asked to learn formulas for computing the ballistic arcs of balls
flying through the air, even though those would _never_ be useful.
They might be asked to learn to catch and throw, and hit balls tossed
from a machine, but they'd never be told how any of those skills
related to one another (for example, that one person tries to hit what
another throws, and others try to catch what he hits). And so on, and
so on. learn more on math forum.

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