Is The Way We Learn Math All Wrong?

22 Oct Is The Way We Learn Math All Wrong?

“While it is important for students to work through a few basic problems at every level of mathematics they encounter, we live in an era when, once an understanding of the underlying concepts is mastered, one can turn to calculators or computer programs to do the mindless symbolic manipulations needed to get an answer. Pedagogy needs to move away from finding the answer, and toward understanding why this is the answer and why we care about the answer.” That was a quote from today’s article about the way math is being taught versus the way it should be taught. To read more, CLICK HERE.