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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Worksheets do not create create thinkers. 
Elem kids do not need homework. 
I do feel differently about MS and HS [/quote]

I agree with this, except for math. There’s no way kids are getting good at multiplication and division without practice at home.[/quote]

I like worksheets as its practice.  Kids don't get the basics in school.  [b]MCPS doesn't teach math facts.  They teach dumb strategies.  [/quote][/b]

I’m curious as to how you believe math facts should be taught at the elementary level. Rote memorization is good for things like memorizing formulas, but most young learners will have a greater understanding of computation and content by building their number sense and learning different strategies to use when problem solving. Straight up memorization doesn’t encourage thinking. I could memorize anything when I was in school and that carried me far in math until I got to calculus and needed to do more than just memorize things. If you don’t have a solid understanding of something, you have a hard time applying skills and concepts to a novel problem or situation. [/quote]

Thinking is great but at some point you need to know your facts.[/quote]

And vice versa.

But a calculator can do math facts for you, but can't think for you. [/quote]

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