Although children do learn "tricks" to solve some advanced problems. They are not neglecting the "basic" math knowledge either. In Math 3 they explain:
1. How to teach multiplication using manipulatives and how to solidify the entire multiplication table up to 12x12 through manipulatives, recitation, problem solving, games (matrix tic-tac-toe) and worksheets. They teach "tricks" to help remember the x9's and 12's easily. The also teach the "method of 10's" for multiplying numbers with zeros in each multiplier.
2. Division, long division, division with decimals and fractions, division with fractional remainders, division with the factor tree
3. Successive borrowing and ways to simplify the problems to avoid the need for successive borrowing in subtraction
4. Carrying
5. Proper and improper Fractions and how to add/subtract them.
6. Powers
7. Money and how to add/subtract it
8. Factors, how to factor
9. Prime numbers
10. An easy way to square numbers ending in 5, but they teach you the long ways to do these things too
Really, I think it is a good program as far as knowledge content and that is what you are paying for.
Tanvi,
I thought that you might be interested in this article-
Toddler maths skills indicates future ability
‘In fact, he said, the ability to distinguish quantities is the most powerful psychological predictor of success in school maths.’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/3351192/Toddler-maths-skills-indicates-future-ability.htmlDr Jones,
Do you also teach the rules of signs, and if so how do you give the child intelligible meaning to these rules?
Chris
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