learning procedures
Pamela Sorooshian
Wes Beach posted this on our state list and I just thought you all
would appreciate it. THIS is the most concise statement I've seen for
why kids should NOT be learning math outside of any real-need context.
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I ran across the following a few days ago, in _The Culturanl Nature of
Human Development_, quoted from another work by A. D Schliemann et al.:
"The rule-bound solutions traditionally taught in schools seem to
provide [people] with procedures that are not always understood and
become useless in generating appropriate solutions to problems out of
school contexts. In contrast, the strategies developed by individuals
as tools to solve problems out of school are characterized by their
flexibility and by constant monitoring of the meaning of the situation,
the problem questions, and the quantities involved."
Wes
would appreciate it. THIS is the most concise statement I've seen for
why kids should NOT be learning math outside of any real-need context.
********
I ran across the following a few days ago, in _The Culturanl Nature of
Human Development_, quoted from another work by A. D Schliemann et al.:
"The rule-bound solutions traditionally taught in schools seem to
provide [people] with procedures that are not always understood and
become useless in generating appropriate solutions to problems out of
school contexts. In contrast, the strategies developed by individuals
as tools to solve problems out of school are characterized by their
flexibility and by constant monitoring of the meaning of the situation,
the problem questions, and the quantities involved."
Wes