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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle
In the end, I show them how to "really do it" and just shake my head at all this new math nonsense.
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I have to admit that I do the same thing. Show them how to do it. The new thing around here is to explain why the process works. (Their standardized tests in math now actually have essay questions, so they can explain how they came to their conclusions.) I don't really care if they know why it works. Just make sure they can do it. If they want to be math majors, then they can learn the theory in college. But in middle school, I would much rather see them just do the same type of problem 20 times to make sure that they can actually get the correct answer.