Comments on: Should math be applied? http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/should-math-be-applied/1078 Mathematics, learning, computing, travel - and whatever... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: zac http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/should-math-be-applied/1078/comment-page-1#comment-25749 zac Thu, 15 May 2008 23:48:21 +0000 http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/?p=1078#comment-25749 Hi Stutty and welcome to squareCircleZ Thanks for your comment. A lot of people lose sight of the fact that you just have to <b>learn</b> certain things in mathematics. Those who refuse to learn tables have a lot of trouble later because they just don't recognise patterns. Hi Stutty and welcome to squareCircleZ

Thanks for your comment. A lot of people lose sight of the fact that you just have to learn certain things in mathematics. Those who refuse to learn tables have a lot of trouble later because they just don’t recognise patterns.

]]> By: Stutty http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/should-math-be-applied/1078/comment-page-1#comment-25686 Stutty Thu, 15 May 2008 14:19:56 +0000 http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/?p=1078#comment-25686 I'm reminded of my daughter's time in early elementary school, where we (she and I) struggled with the concepts of multiplication and division. As I remember it, what worked best for her was the two pronged approach. 1) learn the tables. Ya just got to, to do math efficiently and 2) Here's what it means... divide by six means cutting the pizza in to six pieces... see how 1/3 is the same as 2/6 ? I'm sure that post had no real value to anyone here, but I just found this blog and really want to contribute :D stutt I’m reminded of my daughter’s time in early elementary school, where we (she and I) struggled with the concepts of multiplication and division. As I remember it, what worked best for her was the two pronged approach. 1) learn the tables. Ya just got to, to do math efficiently and 2) Here’s what it means… divide by six means cutting the pizza in to six pieces… see how 1/3 is the same as 2/6 ?

I’m sure that post had no real value to anyone here, but I just found this blog and really want to contribute :D

stutt

]]> By: rafiqa http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/should-math-be-applied/1078/comment-page-1#comment-24776 rafiqa Wed, 07 May 2008 14:30:12 +0000 http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/?p=1078#comment-24776 i thought real-life examples are actually important. like u said, kids these days dont fancy maths because they have no idea of how it is related to the real world. however, on the other hand, some people who has less imaginative mind would find such real-life example too much to grasp. it needs a bit of imagination. and apart from that, the conditioning of studying maths back in elementary somewhat does not help children to imagine maths in the real world. i wish my teachers would have exposed me with real-life examples earlier, not that they dont, but i wish they had done more in order to help me and everyone else to actually love maths. (but anyway, i am a maths graduate. so my teachers have succeeded on that part. yay!) i thought real-life examples are actually important. like u said, kids these days dont fancy maths because they have no idea of how it is related to the real world.

however, on the other hand, some people who has less imaginative mind would find such real-life example too much to grasp. it needs a bit of imagination. and apart from that, the conditioning of studying maths back in elementary somewhat does not help children to imagine maths in the real world.

i wish my teachers would have exposed me with real-life examples earlier, not that they dont, but i wish they had done more in order to help me and everyone else to actually love maths. (but anyway, i am a maths graduate. so my teachers have succeeded on that part. yay!)

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