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Username checks out. :) Ya the arithmetic is easy. Building up the associated algebraic expression(s) though is certainly high school level where I’m from. I
by cdaringe 2y ago
Username checks out. :)
Ya the arithmetic is easy. Building up the associated algebraic expression(s) though is certainly high school level where I’m from.
I wish I understood why math education is the way it is. I really have no idea. I suspect the problem’s complexities are both wide and deep
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- pokerface_86 2y agono one actually good at math is going to become a K-5 teacher, they’re gonna get paid, so it creates a doom loop where each new generation of primary school teachers get progressively shittier at math.
- WalterBright 2y agoThere's a reason why 3rd grade "teachers' edition" textbooks for math exist. It's because those teachers need an answer key for 100+200. As for "good at math", it's hard to see how a teacher with a degree can fail at 3rd grade arithmetic.
- pokerface_86 2y agoi have literally witnessed students in a senior level discrete math class struggle with simple algebraic operations. they were on the math education track.