Drill, student, drill
Despite the education world’s rejection of “drill and kill, rote learning has its uses, writes Virginia Heffernan in the New York Times Magazine. By e-mail, E. D. Hirsch Jr., the distinguished literary...
View ArticleOld school: Teach word roots, math facts and …
Kids Should Learn Cursive (and Math Facts, and Word Roots), writes Annie Murphy Paul in Time. New researchsupports the effectiveness of “old school” methods such as “memorizing math facts, reading...
View ArticleCommon Core math: deep or dull?
According to a New York Times article by Motoko Rich, parents and students are finding Common Core math not only confusing but tedious and slow. To promote “conceptual” learning, many Core-aligned...
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Mad Minute math: Bad for kids?
Should we stop making kids memorize times tables and ban Mad Minute Mondays? asks Jill Barshay on the Hechinger Report. Flash cards, drills — and especially timed quizzes — are “damaging” for kids,...
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5 + 5 + 5 = 15 is wrong, because . . .
Once again, frustrated parents are posting their children’s math assignments on social media. Insane Common Core math problems go viral, reports Tech Insider. In one, a student is marked wrong because...
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