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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s fine to show a kid different ways to approach a problem and solve it. But then they need to pick a method that works for them, and yes— memorize it. 
Doing calculus would take forever if we needed to work out each part of the problem using some convoluted method. 
My kid started getting frustrated in 2nd grade when he could quickly solve the math problems but was told no, no— you have to write each one out this long way instead of being allowed to use the algorithm method.  Stuff like that turns math lovers into math haters. 
It’s like with reading— yes, absolutely teach phonics, but don’t make kids sound out every word every time once they can recognize it from memory. Just let them read. Memorization is not inherently bad. [/quote]

My DS loved math until 2nd or 3rd grade when he had to write a paragraph explaining how he solved it. That writing was part of his math grade. He was a terrible writer and hated writing. His math grade suddenly went down because of this writing component and more importantly, he has hated math ever since. The teachers told me he could explain it verbally so he clearly knew how to solve it but he just didn't explain it well in writing. I thought he should have a separate math and writing grade but they were lumped together.[/quote]

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