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Maths and my Lathe License « 2+2 != Maths
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The “test” consisted of a sheet with a diagram of a lathe, with all 108 parts numbered
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Come test time, we regurgitated those names, in order, in writing, and “passed” with flying colors.
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Not a single one of us could identify any part of the lathe by sight or by function. All we had managed to do was to learn the words of the “lathe song”
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The parallel between my lathe license and the way that many students are taught or learn Maths has become more and more evident to me this past year
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students say they like Math, but what they really like is the fact that they can memorise a procedure and regurgitate that without having to think
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Too Much Homework Can Lower Test Scores, Researchers Say
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Piling on the homework doesn’t help kids do better in school. In fact, it can lower their test scores.
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countries where more time is spent on homework, students score lower on a standardized test called the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA
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The research is detailed in his new book, “Reforming Homework: Practices, Learning and Policies” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
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Most homework’s neutral or negative impact on students’ academic performance implies there are better ways for them to spend their after school hours than completing worksheets
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there’s no one answer that applies to everyone
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