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It's a crock of shit and will ruin many kids for math. [/quote]

Yes, because the way they've been teaching math for the last 30 years is really working well for us in this country.[/quote]

Ding ding ding.  "Yours is not to reason why, just invert and multiply" produced generations of math-loathing adults who passed their aversions to their kids.

Actual mathematicians are generally* on board with constructivist/concept based learning techniques.

http://www.ams.org/publications/journals/notices/201602/rnoti-p154.pdf
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/09/15/common-core-math-education-standards-fluency-column/15693531/
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/12/29/371918272/the-man-behind-common-core-math

*Of course, there are the half-dozen or so usual suspects who want any math instruction other than what we had in the 1950s to get off their proverbial lawns, and who Breitbart.com and friends love interviewing on repeat. 
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