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Thinking Thursday: Goose and Grapes
Writing to Learn Math: Problem-solving cares less about whether an answer is right and more about whether a solution makes sense.
Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own?
Help kids practice slowing down and taking the time to fully comprehend a math topic or problem-solving situation with these classic tools of learning: Notice. W
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“Once our children “know” an answer, they no longer bother to think about it. It’s better for children to spend plenty of time in the “thinking about it” stage, because that will allow them to build a logical foundation for understanding not only the math facts but many future topics as well.”
― Let's Play Math: How Families Can Learn Math Together—and Enjoy It
― Let's Play Math: How Families Can Learn Math Together—and Enjoy It
“Problem Solving Toolbox • Draw a diagram or picture. • Act the problem out, step by step. • Make a systematic list, chart, or table. • Look for a pattern. • Simplify the problem. (Try it with smaller numbers.) • Restate the problem in another way, or look for a related problem. • Think about “Before” and “After” situations. • Work backwards. • Guess and check. (Try something to see if it works.)”
― Let's Play Math: How Families Can Learn Math Together—and Enjoy It
― Let's Play Math: How Families Can Learn Math Together—and Enjoy It
“What is important is to deeply understand things and their relations to each other. This is where intelligence lies. The fact of being quick or slow isn’t really relevant.”
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“Only dead mathematics can be taught where competition prevails: living mathematics must always be a communal possession.”
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“There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else — but persistent.”
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“Everyone thinks it goes smoothly in everyone else’s house, and theirs is the only place that has problems. I’ll let you in on a secret about teaching: there is no place in the world where it rolls along smoothly without problems. Only in articles and books can that happen.”
― You Can Teach Your Child Successfully
― You Can Teach Your Child Successfully
