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[quote=Anonymous]We waste years in elementary school math on memorizing multiplication tables, as if they consist of 100 discrete facts. 6x7=7x6... so focus hard on the commutative property, and cut the burden by half. The 5 and 10 tables are obvious once you understand the system. Squares should be taught graphically, so you can see what "square" (and cube) really mean. But mostly American children learn "math facts" as if they are arbitrary. And from there, everything about math seems arbitrary. MORE THAN HALF of the elem. teachers I've encountered have trouble dividing fractions, because someone taught them some voodoo "flip" thing they never understood, as opposed to the nice pizza-dog example above. Pay math teachers more, showcase math heroes (see, it even sounds funny compared to "sports heroes"), and we'll get better.[/quote]
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