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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG! Yes!  It was called "Touch Math" right?  Anyway, my mother claims that I could add and subtract just fine before I was introduced to this method in 2nd grade.  After that, I became very dependent on touching out the dots with my pencil.  It ultimately slowed down my arithmetic skills, which frustrated me and affected my motivation in math.  I won't blame all of my math problems on touch math but I certainly don't think it did anything to strengthen my natural inclination to just add and subtract in my head.

I learned it back in 1982, by the way.  I really hope they aren't reintroducing it in schools now![/quote]

No!!  it is NOT called touch math.  Dot math is NOT called touch math.  Dot Math is a completely different system.  You need to understand this so you can get the help you need to recover from the damage done to you math skills by the touch math.   The DotMath for kids web site has fee charts to help you break the bond of dots on the numeral and learn how to see every number as a calculator.  [/quote]

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