I've gotten into this with my aunt, who teaches second grade in a small town outside of Bozeman, Montana. She thinks it's amazing, yet my cousin (a fifth grade math teacher in a town a few hours away) thinks it's insanity. Her kids are having such a hard time with it even though she's learned how to teach them.
I mean...it's great that we're learning a different approach to math.
But it's also like "Why are we taking ten extra steps to solve a problem I learned how to do in three?".
I mean...it's great that we're learning a different approach to math.
But it's also like "Why are we taking ten extra steps to solve a problem I learned how to do in three?".