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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here -- Ok, sounds like pure memorization is the way to go.

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Not growing up in this country.  Why would pure memorization be the best way to learn addition and substraction?  That sounds really horrible.  My colleague told me that in his son AAP class, he is required to memorize 6+7=13.  That is so weird to me.  How many things you need to memorize if this is how math is taught in this country?  [/quote]

You should learn to do this both through manipulatives and through memorization.  If I did not just "know" that 6+7=13 and 5+7=12 etc, I would have to actually go through a process every time I added anything, which would slow me down considerably and be very distracting when I just need to use the information as part of a larger problem.  Although I agree that you need to have an understanding of how addition works, if you don't memorize the basic single digit computations, you will be extremely limited in how freely you can apply your skills going forward.[/quote]

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