Re:Marvin Minsky: What makes mathematics hard to learn? (2008)
by ideonexus on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @07:50AM
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> I'm not saying he was wrong, but in a lot of educational systems maths is 90% about remembering stuff.
It is/was, but the Common Core Math standards are trying to change that. Children are now being taught how to look at addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and other concepts from a variety of perspectives. Predictably, it's driving their parents insane because they were taught the "one true algorithm" for each of these tasks and can't help their kids when confronted with alien algorithms that change from semester-to-semester.
It is/was, but the Common Core Math standards are trying to change that. Children are now being taught how to look at addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and other concepts from a variety of perspectives. Predictably, it's driving their parents insane because they were taught the "one true algorithm" for each of these tasks and can't help their kids when confronted with alien algorithms that change from semester-to-semester.
http://www.corestandards.org/Math/