Cursive/Script Writing
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I found a video that shows how I multiply. I don't know when I started doing this, or how I learnt it, but I remember getting into trouble for using it when I was using it in high school (because I didn't have any lines of working out). I would appreciate if anyone could tell me what this way is called.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFvwRzjTWAw&feature=related[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFvwRzjTWAw&feature=related[/yt]
*Stares at this "subtract by adding" example*
Too tricky when one was trained to just do the "borrow" technique:
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Russian Peasant multiplication might be handy, though, how's it work when you're multiplying two odd numbers?
There is no problem using it to multiply two odd numbers. You still multiply one column by two and divide the other by two. Then you add up all the numbers in the column you multiplied that are next to the any odd number in the column you divided.
I believe that's the stacking method that was mentioned. It's how I learned to multiply. The other methods discussed here...confuse me. Peasant math, I can do, and it seems nifty to know, but that grid just confused the hell out of me. After explanation, it made sense...but I certainly would not multiply that way.
On the original topic, My printing, which is a cursive/manuscript hybrid is horrible, though somewhat legible My cursive is neater, because I have to write slower. However, some still find it hard to read. I normally only use cursive now for my signature.
On the original topic, My printing, which is a cursive/manuscript hybrid is horrible, though somewhat legible My cursive is neater, because I have to write slower. However, some still find it hard to read. I normally only use cursive now for my signature.
I think it was 3rd grade for me too. But 3rd grade was in 1975/76 for me.
I think that was the same grade they tried forcing the metric system on us. It seems neither idea took (outside of the signature thing).
I think that was the same grade they tried forcing the metric system on us. It seems neither idea took (outside of the signature thing).
It's important for kids to learn cursive writing. Nothing to do with the fact that it's kind of "outdated". It's a skill that one must work at to perfect. Eye hand coordination is key. This teaches some important foundational elements to learning.
On the other hand, there's a certain thought pace to writing by hand versus hammering out words on a keyboard. Quite a number of modern day authors still prefer to write by hand.
In Japan, children still use how to write with a fountain pen! And the art of writing with fountain pens is far from gone. You can find a number of websites on the Internet that promote them and there's a forum community which is quite active on the subject.
And then there's the artistry of calligraphy:
Strange Overtones - A Calligraphic Tribute
On the other hand, there's a certain thought pace to writing by hand versus hammering out words on a keyboard. Quite a number of modern day authors still prefer to write by hand.
In Japan, children still use how to write with a fountain pen! And the art of writing with fountain pens is far from gone. You can find a number of websites on the Internet that promote them and there's a forum community which is quite active on the subject.
And then there's the artistry of calligraphy:
Strange Overtones - A Calligraphic Tribute
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I think the biggest problem with elementary math is that kids aren't often given enough of the options. It's always "this is the way the school system has decided to teach it" and (if you're lucky) "this is one other method I learned in school."
There's a reason different techniques appear "easier" for different individuals. Different techniques work better for different brains. We should encourage students to learn in their own way (as long as their techniques do not significantly hinder their ability to keep up with the other students). Teachers should be encouraged to learn multiple techniques (as well as their potential pros and cons) and expose them all to their students.
There's a reason different techniques appear "easier" for different individuals. Different techniques work better for different brains. We should encourage students to learn in their own way (as long as their techniques do not significantly hinder their ability to keep up with the other students). Teachers should be encouraged to learn multiple techniques (as well as their potential pros and cons) and expose them all to their students.
Nice in theory and I wish it could work that way. But in the new world of politicized standardized testing it is essentially forbidden.
There is often no time allotted to teach multiple techniques. It is also often discouraged because students must master certain techniques for the test and administrators do not want to risk confusion.
Case in point - my son's 4th grade class was taught the lattice method. They were not allowed to learn or use the stack method until after the state test. So Stack Multiplication was taught in late April and never tested.
Then the final kicker - sixth grade teachers require the stack method and won't even allow the lattice method.
The teachers I know and work with hate the lattice but some egghead at the state level put it the standards and now we are stuck with it.
That s just a math example - don't get me started on writing (the skill, not the technique). All I will say is don't expect great literature in the coming years but technical how-to manuals will improve.
We used the State Rubric to grade a Hemingway essay - it score a two (scale of five), which is an unacceptable level. The only thing that took it that high was it had no spelling errors.
Teachers and administrators know the system is screwed up but are powerless to change it because of politics above them.
Eh, I'm not a big Hemingway fan. How did Dickens do? 
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