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Re: [Phys-l] Old News That Stays News



On the other hand, bc, would you want a skilled surgeon who had no concept of what an appendix was and therefore had no idea where it was?

joe

Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556

On Jul 20, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

"Would you want to go to a doctor who's learned about the concepts
but never done the surgery? Would you want your doctor to say, 'I had
the right idea when I removed your appendix, though I took out the
wrong one?' "

Wrong appendix?



bc thinks H. s. sapiens are not ruminants.





On 2008, Jul 20, , at 10:03, John Denker wrote:

Here's something you don't see every day: An informative, non-
polemical,
non-hysterical news article about new math ± old math.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/18/
renegade.math.parents.ap/index.html

Story Highlights
# Parents sometimes struggle with kids' concept-based math curricula
# Method teach the ideas behind mathematics, rather than rote
procedures
# Parents don't understand the new methods; can't help with homework
# Rebel parents teach kids the old -fashioned math methods
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