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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I'm saying is there should be some of both.  It's great that they are doing making tens strategies and if that helps them to understand multiplying polynomials later that's important.  But the practice component is also beneficial.  Someone who understands multiplying polynomials but makes mistakes 25% of the time is going to run into trouble.  Doing a page of math problems is both another way learning about arithmetic and practices the meticulousness that will be needed later.  It's just the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction.  Math is all about understanding but don't forget how much muscle memory and experience is at play.   [/quote]

well, I don't know about other schools, but my DC has had practice worksheets at school, like 30 double digit addition/subtraction questions they had to finish in 1 or 2 minutes - type of thing.  DC is also supposed to do 10min of math practice at home as part of HW M-Th.  I bought a math workbook that DC does for practice and as part of this HW; I also have printed free math worksheets online for DC to do as part of the 10min math HW.  They can also play math games online that are timed.  So, there are ways for kids to practice this at home to get that muscle memory.

I also think it's great that they are learning simple algebraic equations and word problems at such an early age.  [/quote]

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