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Metaphor seems like a poor term. Mapping concepts to geometric concepts is pretty important. Multiplication is simple enough that you can just do it. But havin
by spywaregorilla 5y ago
Metaphor seems like a poor term. Mapping concepts to geometric concepts is pretty important. Multiplication is simple enough that you can just do it.
But having that capability is pretty important for understanding other concepts. For example, many concepts in calculus.
- com2kid 5y agoVisual explanations of geometry, trig, and calculus made sense. But as a kid I never got the multiplication thing. Even now as an adult I understand what they are trying to do, but it isn't "obvious" to me. Then again I am one of those people who doesn't read comic books because all the pictures get in the way of the words. Heck as a kid I read illustrated books and didn't realize until I had finished the book that it even had pictures.