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Reply to "Math education and the common core. Going deeper, slowly."
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[quote=Anonymous]I once had a professor in a high level calculus class ask us how we computed a pretty easy addition problem in our heads, if we knew it automatic or if we deduced it. We raised are hands. When those of us had our hands up for deducing he muttered these are my students who make computational errors. It was true. We were over thinking. In a way, we were too smart to take the time to memorize--and that will always trip you up. That is all to say take the time to work on rote memorization of math facts. The automaticity is necessary. It is great to understand the abstract stuff, but you need the tools, too. Being slow will catch up with you. [/quote]
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