Measurement homework in a math textbook... horribly out of scale.

Measurement homework in which 10 centimeter cubes are >11cm long
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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

6-12 are in Piagets “concrete operational” stage. They need manipulatives, things they can touch. Like you can do algebra with them - you just need to show them the explicit comparison with a scale and even ideally have them physically manipulate a scale to solve for x.

Even a lot of teens/I suspect many adults aren’t able to operate fully in “formal operations” mode.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Sadly, I think there is a lot of truth to that. They don't develop an interest in math because they don't know how they are going to use the math. So the "formal operations" thought process is never taken aboard and they lose what little they did have due to lack of practice.

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