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Sun Apr 8, 2012, 11:44 AM

1. The answer is 9. 8 + 1 = 9

I learned that in school.

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I like this concept. It requires thought and understanding and not just rote learning. It is such a simple concept why has it not been instituted?

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18 replies	Author	Time	Post
Teaching Skepticism In Science Classes Instead Of Facts [View all]	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	OP
The answer is 9. 8 + 1 = 9	RobertEarl	Apr 2012	#1
+1=10	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	#2
complex frameworks like these are too hard for the average schmuck to learn.	provis99	Apr 2012	#4
I think good teachers have always tried to...	SamG	Apr 2012	#3
Does anyone know if the math piece has been tried?	Jim__	Apr 2012	#5
That jumped out at me as well - "Spend much less time on geometry"	bananas	Apr 2012	#9
Has high school geometry already been watered down this much?	bananas	Apr 2012	#11
I took the geometry described in that article.	Jim__	Apr 2012	#17
Sounds like bullshit to me	izquierdista	Apr 2012	#6
I think you may have missed the point.	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	#7
Rote memorization has its place.	izquierdista	Apr 2012	#8
They don't learn the facts on their own.	Igel	Apr 2012	#12
I am glad people are thinking about the problem, but I think this isn't the solution	HereSince1628	Apr 2012	#10
I think the 8+1 developers are mainly not biologists	caraher	Apr 2012	#13
I think scientific process has often been misreprented in biology	HereSince1628	Apr 2012	#14
I see this as a problem of integration and organization....	mike_c	Apr 2012	#15
Yes, IMO scientific understanding is more a conceptual scaffolding than a pile of facts.	HereSince1628	Apr 2012	#18
Also.. regarding starting with the familiar...	caraher	Apr 2012	#16

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