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Reply to "Interesting Article about Math in the World Today."
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The article is pretty spot on. This is probably the largest root cause: [quote]One likely reason: U.S. high schools teach math differently than other countries. [b]Classes here often focus on formulas and procedures rather than teaching students to think creatively about solving complex problems involving all sorts of mathematics[/b], experts said.[/quote] [/quote] I do agree that in previous years there was too much emphasis on formulas and procedures and not the whys, and 2.0 math in MCPS tried to address that. Unfortunately, the worksheets they used weren't great, and even some of the lower grade teachers were confused. I got my kids a Singapore math book to help them understand the "new math".[/quote]
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