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I think that I had New Math in sixth grade, and I remember nothing in particular of it but learning about number bases (as Feynman remarked, kind of pointless),
by cafard 6y ago
I think that I had New Math in sixth grade, and I remember nothing in particular of it but learning about number bases (as Feynman remarked, kind of pointless), and learning the terms commutative and associative--though it was a long time before I grasped the latter.
- mcphage 6y ago> learning the terms commutative and associative--though it was a long time before I grasped the latter I think it's kinda interesting—commutativity is so much a more clearer and approachable property than associativity, and it sounds more useful, but the later is far more important.