[stylist] rote multiplication!

[Angela fowler]

Sounds like a lot of unnecessary nonsense. I just memorized the products and
let it go at that.  

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:20 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [stylist] rote multiplication!

You make a chart, and to find the result of the multiplication, follow one 
number from the top down and the other from the left forward till they meet.

It's just memorization, I suppose.   You have to memorize the chart.   I'm
not 
sure how much understanding that promotes.
Lori

In a message dated 1/5/09 8:09:51 PM, fowlers at syix.com writes:


> Educators and their silly classifications! Yes, the big public schools 
> micromanage people, its one of the major problems with education today.
> People are categorized, not looked at again, and the needs of the 
> individual are rarely met. I guess I was just saying that the size of 
> the school is an important factor.
> I don't even know what rote multiplication is!
> 




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