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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they understand one way, have them do it that way. This idea that we have to teach a million ways to do the same thing is ridiculous. If your child is presented with a subtraction problems and can repeatedly successfully solve them, it is good.  My child also gets confused with multiple strategies.

The only challenge is that without textbooks, I have a hard time assisting my child with the language and methods they are being taught. I was raised on borrowing and carrying, so when I try to explain it that way, we get nowhere.[/quote]

A million ways is the way to true number literacy. Which is the important part and not being able to do just one kind of problem one way. The way many of us were taught were very limiting. It was procedural and not drilling down to true math understanding. The current way is actually better but harder in the beginning. It leads to better number understanding. It's also the way people were taught a couple generations back and in other countries. [/quote]

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