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Re:Math education: It’s not about numbers, it’s about learni... by autokad on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @01:57PM (#14746353)
that sounds utterly dreadful. computer science is often taught like this; to its folly.

imagine a kid learning to speak 'stop just memorizing words, you need to understand how language was derived before you learn how to speak it'.

its completely counter intuitive to how creatures learn. learn easy things, especially those that relate to problems we deal with, and then get deeper into the subject if necessary.

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Re:Math education: It’s not about numbers, it’s about learni... by alasdair_ on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @07:35PM (#14748985)
This would be true if calculating the volume of various shapes was something that kids did for 16 hours a day, every day.

Formulae without context are meaningless to most.

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Re:Math education: It’s not about numbers, it’s about learni... by gertef on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @08:49PM (#14749313)
the pillars of science are theory and experiment.

memorization is a side-effect of these, not a foundation.

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