Published On: December 17th, 2020|

The Conversation – Cath Pearn

“I’m sure most people can remember trying to master a certain maths rule or procedure in primary or secondary school. My elderly mother has a story about a time her father was helping her with arithmetic homework. She remembers getting upset because her father did not do it “the school way”. I suspect her father was able to do the calculation mentally rather than the school way, which was to use the vertical algorithm.” (more)