Isn't the whole point of math and science to not intuit things?
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Toddson - Oct 30, 2014 10:06:02 am PDT #14164 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Hil R. - Oct 30, 2014 10:25:37 am PDT #14165 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Isn't the whole point of math and science to not intuit things?
How else would you come up with a hypothesis, or know if your answer makes sense?
DebetEsse - Oct 30, 2014 10:33:48 am PDT #14166 of 30002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Or what kind of experiment to run.
flea - Oct 30, 2014 10:35:19 am PDT #14167 of 30002
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On intuiting, I have enough number sense that if I try to multiply two large numbers (by hand), say 27 times 145, and I get an answer that's off by an order of magnitude (say, 450), I can kind of tell it's wrong. My 6th grader? No clue. They try and teach this - what they teach is to test yourself by rounding - in my example, try 30 x 150 and see if what you got is close to that - but it's not sticking with my kid too easily. (My 3rd grader seems to have better instincts.)
Burrell - Oct 30, 2014 10:38:54 am PDT #14168 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
My daughter is in 6th, and was grouped in advanced math up through 4th grade. That's part of the reason this drop is so frustrating for me.
Hil R. - Oct 30, 2014 10:43:39 am PDT #14169 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My daughter is in 6th, and was grouped in advanced math up through 4th grade. That's part of the reason this drop is so frustrating for me.
Do you know what topics in particular she's struggling with?
Burrell - Oct 30, 2014 10:49:46 am PDT #14170 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Not an exhaustive list, but we are on ratios right now, and while she gets the basic concept fine by now, she has trouble with things like comparing ratios, esp comparing ratios represented in different formats, also ration comparisons like comparing miles/hour to feet/minute, comparing graphs to ratio tables. {Uh duh, I said that one twice, didn't i?} Also reiprocal fractions threw her.
Hil R. - Oct 30, 2014 11:03:35 am PDT #14171 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Not an exhaustive list, but we are on ratios right now, and while she gets the basic concept fine by now, she has trouble with things like comparing ratios, esp comparing ratios represented in different formats, also ration comparisons like comparing miles/hour to feet/minute, comparing graphs to ratio tables. {Uh duh, I said that one twice, didn't i?} Also reiprocal fractions threw her.
Does she tend to do well with visual models of stuff? I like these videos for ratios. (There are a bunch in the series -- the next one will keep coming up as the first "related videos" link.) [link]
Burrell - Oct 30, 2014 11:30:02 am PDT #14172 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'll have her take a look at those. Thank you!
Hil R. - Oct 30, 2014 11:57:24 am PDT #14173 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm going to dinner tonight with a guy from OK Cupid. I can do this. Right?