02-05-2015, 02:18 AM
Article Accelerator wrote:
[quote=Onamuji]I wonder whether learning math as an extension of English vocabulary and syntax is more effective than the rote repetition of formulas that we had to do when I was a kid.
No need to wonder: It's not.
It seems a reasonable supposition that treating math as a language might tap into evolutionary/instinctive learning mechanisms in children.
A mandatory review of the Common Core is due in 2016, covering the 2014-2015 curriculum and comparing to past performance. Gonna be an interesting report.