Re: Study Suggests Math Teachers Scrap Balls and Slices

In article <fv3agm$3m8q@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 hrubin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Herman Rubin) wrote:

> As the children grow older, and get taught mainly by
> memorization and routine, this ability gets smothered,
> and it is difficult to reawaken later.

Which is why children shouldn't be taught maths by memorisation.

Of course, I *would* say that; it was never my strong point!

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