Re: [MATHEDCC] RE: Tithing and abaci

Sandy Spears (sspears@pop.jcc.uky.edu)
Tue, 7 Oct 1997 17:02:47 -0400

The Feynmann anecdote was really great! It reminded me of how good a
student I was at algorithms (by hand of course) but how little attention
was paid to the results so that my number sense development was limited and
only expanded after I began teaching. This is extremely important in the
curriculum and I continuously hope that its being dealt with under
"estimation skills" but I'm practical enough to know that's probably only
here and there not everywhere.

Sandy Spears
Jefferson Community College
Louisville, KY 40202
sspears@pop.jcc.uky.edu
502-584-0181, ext. 2269

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