Re: Other Foundations of Math secondary teachers?

Brian Harvey wrote:
> 
> dp_bozarth@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 writes:
> >But if they don't know arithmetic yet, then they'll continue to fail at
> >everything else...
> 
> No, I don't believe this is true.
> 
> It depends on what "don't know arithmetic" means.  For the most part, it
> means "haven't memorized the times table" and/or "get confused about the
> partial products when multiplying multi-digit numbers."
> 
> Neither of those skills is the least bit necessary.  ...

I emphatically disagree that not knowing at least fundamental arithmetic
is essential...


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