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Don't ask students to 'discover' math before they've learned fundamentals
Inquiry-first math teaching confuses students. Fluency comes first.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 92 min read


Why kids need to know 3 x 9 = 27
The ninth-grader needed to multiple 3 x 9 to answer an algebra problem. She didn't have a calculator, and I wouldn't let her go look for...

Joanne Jacobs
May 9, 20232 min read
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