Posts Tagged ‘Why learn math?’
January 4th, 2009
by Sue in Life at DreamBox Learning, Math Anxiety, Math Learning, Math in Real Life, Online Learning, Public Education
A Few More Reasons “Why Must I Learn Math?”
I’m increasingly conscious of the gap between the urgent calls for more effective math education in the U.S., and the seemingly low expectations some parents have for their own child to advance in math. It’s as if the pressing national need has nothing to do with us on a personal level. I hear parents talk about their child’s math performance, and say things like “I was never good in math either.” Or regarding newer ways of teaching math, I’ve heard “I don’t like the ‘new math’ because I wasn’t taught that way.”
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