Yet, here we go again. More money, more money, more money. Here are a few links for you on something called constructive math. It seems to be all the rage with educators across the country. Simply put, constructive math doesn t teach multiplication tables or other such nonsense.
Students don t have to learn the mechanics of mathematical computations.
They re put together in problem solving groups to work out an answer that seems right. Above all, don t do anything to harm a student s self esteem. If you have a child in school you may want to check some of these links out. Yeah, Queen Rosie recently weighed in on the teaching math in schools controversy. She says that we don t really need math any more anyway.