Adrianne Meldrum

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567 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2018 last heard Jul 2018

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And so I don't feel like it hurts the student.

It only benefits them.

And I also think it's an empowering thing it teaches the student to speak up for what they need.

And we as adults, we could all learn a lesson from that, right?

We all need to be able to speak up for what we truly need.

And having these tools available to them gives them a sense of empowerment, in my opinion.

Absolutely.

Uh being able to look at something and reason through their approach and the answer, is that correct?

And they c they use estimation, right?

Is that about right?

And that's a really powerful skill to have in your back pocket.

Joan Bowler is a PhD professor, I think at Stanford.

You're she's gonna be mad if I don't remember.

But anyway, she's great.

She talks about how we have this crazy notion, like you said, that if you do math, you should be doing it with precision and speed.

And that is so far from the truth.

Most mathematicians are slow and laborious and make mistakes.

And so we need to instill in our kids it's okay to make mistakes.

It's okay to be slow.

And it's okay to need to write everything out.

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