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Even after all these years of teaching Algebra II, I still see my students tripping over the same kinds of mistakes. They get so wrapped up in memorizing steps that they miss the bigger picture of what’s really happening. It seems to have gotten worse over the years. Yes, procedures have their place, but it’s absolutely essential to help them develop a sense of intuition first. I’ll give this a try.
Mr. Gold, my high school students struggle with this too. More complex high school math problems often involve dozens of these simple little calculations and when students don’t have math fact fluency a simple problem can become incredibly arduous and confusing. It would be like trying to read a story when you have to sound out every word. If you do that you lose sight of the bigger picture.
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