studiot Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Maths and English education is allegedly plummeting in the US and the UK Does Donald Clark's wry comment have any bearing? http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/the-problem-with-maths-is-english-20.html Edited February 18, 2015 by studiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overtone Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Those are all old features and difficulties, that do not account for any new degradations or problems. The comment on word problems - that they are often much harder than they should be because they are badly written, and test literacy rather than numeracy - is worth framing. And the offhand remark that children with more congenial languages enjoy the feedback of early success at arithmetic, while English speakers often shunt into a negative feedback spiral via the initial barriers of the language, seems important to notice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Doesn't the inconstencies inherent in a language like English force the developing brain into creating more novel neural pathways hence making it potentially more adaptable and inventive? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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