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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I will say that I am an engineering major and when we had to mix in with students who were in non-engineering fields, i.e. economics... it would blow our minds at how the professor would go over and over the same simple algebra formula for the rest of the class, but when we were in classes like English lit then non-geeks really understood and picked up on nuances we could care less about.

What I'm saying is there is a math mind type but I can't imagine until you get into the higher levels of middle and high school that you need to possess that kind of talent. You could train anyone to teach elemenary and simple middle school math. It's just not that hard. [/quote]

I agree with this but the people training the elementary school do not understand math. The people creating the curriculum really do not understand math. So while it is possible to train education major types how to teach math to K-8 students, at some point up the chain someone needs to actually understand math. I see ES teachers trying to apply reading/language concepts to math ineffectively and incorrectly quite often. Math is not a verbal discipline and you don't solve vagueness by just guessing based on context clues as you do with reading/writing. Exactness and understanding how the specific values relate consistently is key, yet completely missed by MCPS again and again. [/quote]

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