• Ep 246: Avoid the Trap of Using Less Sophisticated Reasoning

  • Mar 4 2025
  • Length: 24 mins
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Ep 246: Avoid the Trap of Using Less Sophisticated Reasoning

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  • Summary

  • If a student can perform an algorithm, have they developed the mathematical reasoning that operation calls for? Or are they answer-getting? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss a major trap students fall into when we teach mathematics as a series of steps to rotely memorize.

    Talking Points:

    • A closer look at the multiplication algorithm and a major trap.
    • Problem String that helps give students a high does of patterns for a multiplicative strategy.
    • Algorithms disregard reasonableness.
    • Memorizing an algorithm is forgetable but every strategy learned helps build mental maps to the make subsequent strategies easier to develop.

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