I will have a book out around October called "Traditional Math" that shows what explicit instruction looks like in the classroom from K-8. It dispels many of the myths described in the above mentioned research paper; i.e., traditionally taught math does teach understanding--it just doesn't obsess over it to the extent that it holds up students' progress when they are ready to move on.
I will have a book out around October called "Traditional Math" that shows what explicit instruction looks like in the classroom from K-8. It dispels many of the myths described in the above mentioned research paper; i.e., traditionally taught math does teach understanding--it just doesn't obsess over it to the extent that it holds up students' progress when they are ready to move on.