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Why are people so terrible at word-based math problems?
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:19 PM Author: Beady-eyed Frum Legend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568247) |
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:30 PM Author: Talented Canary Market Rigor Most people are barely above non-human primates in intelligence and are generally incapable of abstract reasoning. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568328) |
Date: June 15th, 2017 8:28 PM Author: lemon crawly voyeur lay they are dumb or they are so lazy they refuse to actually do the small amount of thinking necessary to translate the words into mathematical concepts (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568308) |
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:29 PM Author: offensive water buffalo temple Most people's MO with math is to use some TTT 'system' for solving shit, without actually understanding the underlying logic. It's harder to get by without actually thinking when the problem is phrased in terms of words. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568323) |
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:30 PM Author: lemon crawly voyeur lay is this potentially an indictment of the new new math which focuses on teaching kids systems for solving problems without thinking about the logic? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568329) |
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:32 PM Author: Vivacious shrine i thought new math purports to teach/emphasize the logic rather than the rote methods/systems for solving problems? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568342) |
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:37 PM Author: Talented Canary Market Rigor I thought new math focused on things like set theoretic concepts underlying mathematics and abstract algebra. This was definitely one of the more retarded educational fads. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568382) |
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:43 PM Author: Slippery scarlet public bath this. most of the complaints about "new" math or common core are from sub primate level dumbs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568414) |
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:36 PM Author: Pearly multi-billionaire hairy legs cr. You can blame generations of kids taught to memorize "keep it, change it, flip it", "is over of equals..", "y=mx+b form", et al. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568368) |
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:39 PM Author: Talented Canary Market Rigor They are taught like that because of the average ability level of students. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568393) |
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:40 PM Author: Pearly multi-billionaire hairy legs Many of the teachers are not much better than the students. It's a cycle. Math education is a serious problem in this country. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568402) |
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:41 PM Author: Purple state Just do expect people to be good at something they have never done in their entire life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568406) |
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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:46 PM Author: Beady-eyed Frum Legend but don't they understand math? logic? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648994&forum_id=2#33568429) |