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Re:Why Math Might Be the Secret to School Success by eru on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @11:29PM (#8727697)
> There's lots of math you can teach that isn't basic numbers though!

> Symmetries, commutativity, associativity, transitivity, basic algebra/equation solving, some geometry, etc.

And games. Even rock, scissors, paper (plus variants).

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Re:Why Math Might Be the Secret to School Success by eru on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @12:49PM (#8730532)
Especially imbalanced variants. (Let the kids figure out the imbalances.)
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