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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
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posted on
03/28/2016 6:59:04 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
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...)
To: Billthedrill
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.)
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)
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)
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!)
To: Olog-hai
y=3
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.)
To: Olog-hai
It’s too hard. Algebra is for Japanese, Chinese and German kids. Our kids can’t be stressed and made uncomfortable.
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.
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posted on
03/28/2016 7:03:12 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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)
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)
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
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posted on
03/28/2016 7:05:03 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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)
To: mylife
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posted on
03/28/2016 7:06:16 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: sparklite2
156
posted on
03/28/2016 7:07:15 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
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.)
To: SFConservative
Only because it’s used ironically ...
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
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posted on
03/28/2016 7:13:24 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: dasboot
Five lines in calculus versus two pages of algebra for the same answer.
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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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