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The Opportunity Costs of Procedures vs Understanding
For those who have followed my writing, my apologies if you’ve heard this before: I majored in math, but didn’t know why the invert and multiply rule…
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Procedures vs Understanding in Math
This article is excerpted from “Math Education in the U.S.” (Chapter 10)
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Effective Math Instruction: Hiding In Plain Sight
An earlier version of this article appears in “Math Education in the U.S.” Footnotes appear after the list of references at the end of the article.
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Foreword for "Traditional Math" Good evidence-informed education is the new progressive!
by Paul A. Kirschner
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Thoughts on Conceptual Understanding
In a previous post, I talked about different beliefs held by math teachers and others regarding when the standard algorithm for multi-digit addition and…
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An Example of Contextual Understanding
Or "concepts" as they are sometimes called
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Reform Math: The Symptoms and Prognosis
(Originally published in Education News, February 27, 2014; co-authored with Robert Craigen)
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Teachers Must Be Teaching Math Wrong (Again)
I just finished reading this article in Hechinger Reports. I also just finished writing a comment about the article, which follows:
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The Fetish Over Conceptual Understanding in Math
Conceptual understanding in math has served as a dividing line between those who teach in a conventional or traditional manner, and those who advocate…
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Conceptual Understanding vs Vague, Transitory Notions
“Conceptual understanding” is one of those terms, that despite many definitions that have been provided, often remains more as Andrew Old once described…
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Thoughts on Conceptual Understanding
In a previous post, I talked about different beliefs held by math teachers and others regarding when the standard algorithm for multi-digit addition and…
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Teaching Math With "Fidelity"
I recently saw a discussion among parents on the internet which included a note that one parent received from his son’s teacher:
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