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generally in order to build on what you're learning you need to understand why you should perform certain actions. Before knowing why you should perform certai
by ctdonath 13y ago
generally in order to build on what you're learning you need to understand why you should perform certain actions.
Before knowing why you should perform certain actions, it helps to know that you can perform certain actions. Methinks getting these basic concepts ("combine something with its inverse and it disappears", "thing over same thing is 1", "1 'times' something is that something", ...) into a kid's head very early is a good thing - may not yet understand why, but it's a mental tool that can be applied. Don't underestimate the value of having tools even if you don't know why/how they work; give a kid a hammer and he'll figure out it's for pounding nails.
- pbhjpbhj 13y ago>give a kid a hammer and he'll figure out it's for pounding nails. // How old is the kid? I think you'll just end up with everything broken, unless you present it with the nails then the combination of the two is unlikely to happen naturally I feel until the child is quite old (if then).
- ctdonath 13y agohttp://steelwhitetable.org/media/images/cavlin-banging-nails-in-table.gif http://steelwhitetable.org/media/images/cavlin-banging-nails... I don't think the basics of algebra will have such results, but both are indeed tools that a kid will figure out a good use for if such tools are on hand and have been played with enough. I could credit a lot of my creative skill to spending inordinate time as a kid just fiddling with a broad range of tools in the basement, regardless of whether I understood them at the time.