tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post6572784240281967973..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: Why do we insist on teaching fractions like we teach poetry?Catherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-71242344592762918002010-05-03T07:58:31.631-07:002010-05-03T07:58:31.631-07:00Thanks for posting. I really enjoyed reading Prof....Thanks for posting. I really enjoyed reading Prof. Wu's paper.Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645476770426281929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-20786761859817632672010-04-29T13:58:43.059-07:002010-04-29T13:58:43.059-07:00Katherine . . . thanks for highlighting my comment...Katherine . . . thanks for highlighting my comment .. .I really enjoy your blog<br /><br />I have one more thought on teaching math . . . <br /><br />Why do we make students "recreate" so much of it? It took civilization thousands of years to develop it . . . why don't we just catch everyone up on the latest and greatest?RMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08625944233681296812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-58804915462745833942010-04-29T07:08:36.186-07:002010-04-29T07:08:36.186-07:00As RMD has suggested here , perhaps we should insi...As RMD has suggested <a href="http://oilf.blogspot.com/2010/04/academic-well-roundedness-fiction-and.html" rel="nofollow">here </a>, perhaps we should insist on teaching poetry in the same way that "we" (as in we at kitchentablemath) insist on teaching math.Katharine Bealshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02838879769628392605noreply@blogger.com