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Is algebra an unnecessary stumbling block in US schools?
Associated Press ^ | Mar. 27, 2016 1:06 PM EDT | Karen Matthews

Posted on 03/28/2016 5:07:09 PM PDT by Olog-hai

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To: dfwgator

Doh!


141 posted on 03/28/2016 6:59:04 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: BobL

No, it’s a critical building block.


142 posted on 03/28/2016 6:59:10 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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143 posted on 03/28/2016 6:59:31 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

You got the word problems ...


144 posted on 03/28/2016 7:00:19 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: caveat emptor

I have seen it mentioned that the questions have been made more difficult over time, to re-normalize the curve such that it’s balanced at 100. That would imply as a group, humans taking the test are becoming smarter over time. Viewpoints?


145 posted on 03/28/2016 7:01:01 PM PDT by Ozark Tom (Trump- may his success be measured against Charles "The Hammer" Martel)
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To: dfwgator

Why cant the Fed or Bernie Sanders figure out exponential notation? LOL


146 posted on 03/28/2016 7:01:13 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Olog-hai

147 posted on 03/28/2016 7:01:56 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: Olog-hai
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Algebra is important.

148 posted on 03/28/2016 7:02:00 PM PDT by Washi (Don't blame me. I voted for the conservative.)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s too hard. Algebra is for Japanese, Chinese and German kids. Our kids can’t be stressed and made uncomfortable.


149 posted on 03/28/2016 7:02:37 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: dhs12345

“Kind of important if you are a software engineer.”

The vast majority of computer programmers are not software engineers. They just code until someone says stop. There is zero engineering involved.


150 posted on 03/28/2016 7:03:12 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

A lot of it is the instructor or the curriculum.

I got “the new Math” whoo boy.


151 posted on 03/28/2016 7:03:50 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: yarddog

Remember seeing an engineering calculator the size of a briefcase back in the 70’s. Ever run across something of like description?


152 posted on 03/28/2016 7:04:47 PM PDT by Ozark Tom (Trump- may his success be measured against Charles "The Hammer" Martel)
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To: Ozark Tom

My brother was a math major at Texas Tech. He dropped out in his senior year because he said the math stuff they were teaching him was ethereal and had no connection to reality.

From there, his bona fides got him a six year stint in the US Navy as a radarman. He finished his enlistment and went to General Dynamics, then to Lockheed then to GE Astrospace and retired as a project director.

He went back to Texas Tech and without taking any courses, was awarded his BS degree based on what he had accomplished.
He’s still a doofus to me, though. LOL


153 posted on 03/28/2016 7:05:03 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: CodeToad

They learn math real quick when they do that! LOL


154 posted on 03/28/2016 7:05:34 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: mylife

Yes, they do. lol.


155 posted on 03/28/2016 7:06:16 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: sparklite2

LOL


156 posted on 03/28/2016 7:07:15 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: CodeToad

I saw a program on TV last week about the invention of the telegraph and of course Morse Code.

If you think about it, using dots and dashes to create letters thus words was a real precursor to modern computers using binary code.


157 posted on 03/28/2016 7:12:42 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: SFConservative

Only because it’s used ironically ...


158 posted on 03/28/2016 7:12:59 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Ozark Tom

Why is there no scientific calculator on a Bill Gates confuser?

It is add subtract multiply divide. very Rubimentary LOL

But they have tools like Excel with pivot tables that are very powerful.
Yet the calculator is like for rubes


159 posted on 03/28/2016 7:13:24 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: dasboot

Five lines in calculus versus two pages of algebra for the same answer.


160 posted on 03/28/2016 7:13:38 PM PDT by Ozark Tom (Trump- may his success be measured against Charles "The Hammer" Martel)
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