My ds is in Yr 3, he had a Maths Sheet home the other day, which was all subtractions. He was struggling a little bit, and I asked him to show me. He had been taught a method at school, which he found hard to follow, so I taught him the way I knew from school, which was to 'borrow' one from the next column. He found it much easier and sailed through the rest of the sums. However, my dh was a bit cross with me and said he should stick to the way the school taught him, whereas I am of the opinion, if you get the right answer, what does it matter how you got there!! What do you think? Was I a bit naughtt?!
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Any teachers out there - a quick question about Maths.
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Bomper · 12/06/2006 11:35
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