Mathematics for kids - What's missing?
April 3rd 2007 01:56
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It was mentors, for kids starved for attention, comfort, and tutoring that they found was missing in getting kids interested in school.
"Local leaders say teenagers and young adults who are too cool for school have cost us millions. That could mean the difference between whether Wichita succeeds or succumbs to the new economy that young people in China and India are inventing as they outwork and outbid us, they warn"
"The problem is, you're underestimating those so-called "dumb vo-tech kids." They have always used math -- calculating torque and compression and flow and whatnot. And now, many of those tech jobs involve using tools with microchips. Cars, machines and even appliances like refrigerators often have little computers inside these days. You have to know microchips. You have to know math".
The full text of this article is available via the following link, but the future may not be so bright for kids as it has been for us. Of this we all need to take note.
link to why kids need maths and what is going wrong?
Maybe you don't think these matters will affect you, but maybe they will.
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Comment by Kleonaptra
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I still dont know my times tables and cant subtract without a calculator, but I know more now than school ever taught me. Im fine on a cash register - its not numbers, its objects!
Comment by katyzzz
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That's a very interesting story, and may be your mathematical potential can still be improved, from which you may derive unexpected benefits.
The big picture is something else again.
With some sympathetic teaching and an individual approach you may have been able to overcome what was bothering your mind in the comprehension of numbers.
For you, we'll make an exception, still rings loudly in your ears.
Tables is just repetition and perhaps a few tricks along the way to trick you into moving past your maths block.
I wish I lived closer and could do something to help, I know you'll say it doesn't matter now, but I still think it rankles.
Start by getting some very elementary maths books or kids maths computer programs and try a little[and it doesn't matter how little] every day or most days.
You can count up the numbers to get you around your tables and once you see how they do it you should come along in leaps and bounds.
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