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originally posted by: Iamthatbish
I want to like anything that will help my kids do better. I'm so frustrated with schools trying to teach every child the same. I have a child that's an auditory learner. The teacher needs to be able to try different methods if the child isn't getting it.
As long as children don't fall behind I don't see an issue. What I do see as an issue is all of you that say its confusing. I see that as a problem for parents trying to help kids. Common core may need parent training as well from what I see above
originally posted by: TDawgRex
a reply to: Krazysh0t
You were a Rocket Rat!?
My last duty station while active was at Bragg in the 3/27th, then I went Reserves and deployed even more than when I was in the 82d. And here I thought being a Reservist was a part-time job.
There is a lot of math used in the military, especially Arty and CBRNE, (and medical of course). And I've rarely seen even the most idiotic Soldiers fail to grasp it. I think that former military make the best teachers having had a few myself growing up. They seem to recognize when a student is having problems and have multiple solutions on hand from experiance to overcome those problems.
I'm 37 btw. And maybe that is why I am having a harder time with this than others. Teaching it that way just blows my mind. It may be normal for the younger kids right now. I've no clue.
I know I'm old and dusty.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: TDawgRex
I'm for anything that helps people understand math better. If it works, use it. If it doesn't then use a different method. Like I said earlier, the route to the answer is irrelevant as long as it works.
originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe
originally posted by: Iamthatbish
a reply to: Kangaruex4Ewe
I took all my math classes backwards. In h.s. I switched to business math and accounting math, so in college and University I had to take Calculus ans Statistics. It was odd. Idnk I took them backwards.
One of my math classes had a class of adults before that had problems like 34+97 on the board all the time. It made me certain my kids wouldn't have that problem!
You must be good at math to be able to do it backwards like that. Seriously... Because you usually need to build up to learn how to do the newer things.
When I was in high school the highest math I could take was algebra. My daughter took that in 6th or 7th grade. I can't recall which at the moment. She has since done geometry and trigonometry. I was absolutely no help there. At all.