Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 40

[cahn]

I'm trying to use my other account at least occasionally so I posted about my Yuletide gifts there, including the salon-relevant 12k fic that features Fritz, Heinrich, Voltaire, Fredersdorf, Saint Germain, Caroline Daum (Fredersdorf's wife), and Groundhog Day tropes! (Don't need to know canon.)

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Re: Grad school

[mildred_of_midgard]

I am a BIG proponent of no homework for early elementary.

Huh. So in this model, are you having students practice their early elementary math skills at school and not at home? Because early elementary math is the only math where I think building up mental muscle memory/memorization for repetitive math skills is actually valuable across the general, non-technical population!

But also there's been a definite shift towards "teaching concepts" rather than "teaching skills," which works for early elementary and can sometimes work for older students, as well, but there's a middle ground where it's actually important to build the skills!

Yeah, I mean, my stance is that skills need to be taught:

1) Only when important, otherwise just teach students what skills are important for what, and how to learn more when they need it,
2) Not at the expense of concepts.

But I'm with you that some skills do need to be taught and taught well!