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This could lead to an entire reant on stemming from sad stories._______________________________________________
Yesterday I was working with a student (high school junior) who is
enrolled in a precalculus course and says that math comes easy. While
working with her, I saw her solve this equation:
0 = 625 - 100* a
and get
a = 525.
I was (am) stunned!
However, as I have watched students get pushed to achieve more and
sooner
( and there are many that can) I find the early teaching in the
younger
grades focusing on an algorithmic approach and foregoing the
development
of real understanding. I am not convinced that all students are really
ready to master algebra in grade 8 at age 13 or 14. Many can but
not all
by any means. I should not be surprised.
Ken Fox