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<blockquote data-quote="Traxion" data-source="post: 324220" data-attributes="member: 983"><p>Don't get me wrong, I don't totally hate on investigations style math. I struggled with higher level math and believe some of the investigations style curriculum could have been extremely helpful to me. But, there are two main issues I see on a day to day basis. The first as I already mentioned is the 20 lane road in 3rd grade, but in 12th grade Pre-Calc, it's down to a one lane road. A lot of kids can't narrow through that. Second is the real puzzler to me- these kids don't know their basic math facts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. And they certainly can't do it in a timely manner. We often see kids who can work through a formula or process correctly, yet make simple mistakes doing basic math. Somewhere we're creating a disconnect, or not reinforcing enough. Rote memory is frowned upon in education, but I do believe students should be able to repeat from memory their basic math facts. There is no way to gain number sense if you can't do that. Then, when they get out into the workforce, we wonder why they can't count change or read a tape measure. Multiplication tables are a third grade standard....we shouldn't be rehashing them in high school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Traxion, post: 324220, member: 983"] Don't get me wrong, I don't totally hate on investigations style math. I struggled with higher level math and believe some of the investigations style curriculum could have been extremely helpful to me. But, there are two main issues I see on a day to day basis. The first as I already mentioned is the 20 lane road in 3rd grade, but in 12th grade Pre-Calc, it's down to a one lane road. A lot of kids can't narrow through that. Second is the real puzzler to me- these kids don't know their basic math facts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. And they certainly can't do it in a timely manner. We often see kids who can work through a formula or process correctly, yet make simple mistakes doing basic math. Somewhere we're creating a disconnect, or not reinforcing enough. Rote memory is frowned upon in education, but I do believe students should be able to repeat from memory their basic math facts. There is no way to gain number sense if you can't do that. Then, when they get out into the workforce, we wonder why they can't count change or read a tape measure. Multiplication tables are a third grade standard....we shouldn't be rehashing them in high school. [/QUOTE]
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