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[quote=Anonymous]I teach middle school math. It's obvious which kids learned the actual mathematical concepts and which kids just memorized algorithms and don't actually have any true understanding of what they're doing. The number of kids who can't do mental math is astounding to me. People who don't understand math or how to teach it don't realize that all the algorithms you learned growing up are just shortcuts and do not teach any actual concept. It is the reason kids struggle as they move up to higher level math and cannot apply old concepts to new material. [/quote]
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