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You stated the issue.
First the kids learn the math and then they try to apply it your physics class. That's backwards

All through high school any math beyond 2+2 just lost me. Then in college (against all my advisors recomendations.) I decided to major in electronics. They tought the math as you needed it to go along with the science. I finally had a calculus instructor that told me I was wasting myself in electronics and should be majoring in physics:-) He was part right I shouldn't have been in electronics I should have been in comp sci. Oh well.

Since then I have always believeed that math is best taught as an adjunct to something else not as a subject in and of itself. Even in first grade, start teaching the kids about money, shopping, sales tax and such then give them the arithmetic as needed. Math as a tool is easy. As a stand alone subject:-(

Notice there's no technology in this. Probably why the kids fron Kurdistan do better.
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You stated the issue.  slopoke | 02/01/08
Learning doesn't fit with reality  chris_b78 | 02/01/08
Mmmm.. Beer  nucrash | 02/01/08
That's due to the poor quality of instruction  j.m.galvin | 02/01/08
in America if anyone is intelligent, they are labelled a geek  zzz1234567890 | 02/01/08
Antiintellectualism is an old tradition in the USA  John L. Ries | 02/01/08
So how do we change this?  nucrash | 02/01/08
Especially true for girls in the south  we3morenos@... | 02/04/08
It could just be...  gfeier | 02/01/08
Perhaps more to the point  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/01/08
Exactly!  gfeier | 02/01/08
Resources and ability...  casachs | 02/01/08
Remedial Program  Mahegan | 02/01/08
Bull pucky  ajole | 02/05/08
my experience  redtrain65 | 02/01/08
Teaching to the test  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/01/08
Problem FAR predates NCLB  j.m.galvin | 02/01/08
I always thought the "New Math" got a bad rap  Michael Kelly | 02/01/08
What was new about it?  nucrash | 02/01/08
Rube Goldberg approach  j.m.galvin | 02/01/08
I disagree  nucrash | 02/01/08
The problem with New Math  Michael Kelly | 02/01/08
The US may have had the best education system  Mahegan | 02/01/08
The system was either bad or great  Michael Kelly | 02/01/08
Japanese model of education...  casachs | 02/01/08
history?  krasni_bor | 02/01/08
Soviet system  professordnm | 02/01/08
Soviets politicized education...  casachs | 02/01/08
Cultural Identity  Mahegan | 02/01/08
16 X 16 =256  j.m.galvin | 02/01/08
In a democracy, everyone has a duty  Mahegan | 02/01/08
I don't ENTIRELY agree, but...  Bob.Kerns | 02/02/08
I didn't mean to say NO rote learning is needed.  Bob.Kerns | 02/02/08
Think you're jumping the gun  j.m.galvin | 02/03/08
J.M. is correct  weemooseus@... | 02/04/08
Not the popular answer  carlino | 02/01/08
Memorisation is essential  Mahegan | 02/01/08
I Agree  donrschmid | 02/04/08
There is no reason for NCLB  nucrash | 02/01/08
Marvelous  professordnm | 02/01/08
No child left behind...  casachs | 02/01/08
While I agree that we shouldn't leave children behind  Michael Kelly | 02/01/08
Its called No Child Gets Ahead, around here...  ajole | 02/05/08
Another problem with NCLB  nucrash | 02/01/08
NCLB = No child can move forward  Mahegan | 02/01/08
RE: One more sign we're doing something wrong  danfmwalla2@... | 02/02/08
change the system  larason | 02/02/08
The Three R's  roog | 02/04/08
Let the professionals do their job  science geek | 02/05/08
It's a PARENT'S Job as Much as a Teacher's  Your Mom 2.0 | 02/05/08
And guess what TV is teaching?  ajole | 02/05/08
Dumb and Stupid are Easier to Control  roog | 02/06/08
For example (not math related)...learning about how yeast breaks down sugar  lisomer-geek3@... | 02/08/08
estimation & mental shortcuts  lisomer-geek3@... | 02/08/08

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