Discovery learning in math: Exercises versus problems

In this article, Garelick confronts the myth perpetrated in education schools that math is incorrectly taught by teaching students to do "exercises" rather than solving "problems". The former are viewed as inauthentic experiences in which the student applies algorithms to previou...

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Main Author: Barry Garelick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nonpartisan Education Group 2009-02-01
Series:Nonpartisan Education Review
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Online Access:http://www.nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Essays/v5n2.htm