Touchpoint math. It was the big new trend with teachers when I was in elementary school, and pretty much messed me up for life I think. I still have to touch the dots when I do math on paper/mentally. Instead of memorizing 3 + 6 = 9, we’d have to go: one, two, three, plus onetwo, threefour, fivesix = nine. (I think…wait, lemme re-dot it….ok yeah.) OCD much?
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hiddenthoughts reblogged this from indieandyy and added:
Totally learned this....a little bit different....not...
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kalaleia reblogged this from eastling and added:
I actually think I benefited from it. I mean, I don’t use the counting method for basic arithmetic, but when adding up...
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samflower reblogged this from littlehudson and added:
Yep, the double-circle ones get touched twice, and the plain dots get touched once. But instead of counting by twos, we...
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nutmeg42 reblogged this from indieandyy and added:
The circled dots are 2. So for 7: 3x2+1=7.
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ae reblogged this from littlehudson and added:
Yes. I still have to do this too… It is instilled in me!
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