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Algorithms Are Not Enough!

Last year, I agreed to meet with a friend’s sixth-grade son. Oscar’s math teacher had raised an alarm for my friend and her husband about Oscar’s math progress. They were shocked. Oscar did his homework and was proficient with paper-and-pencil math. What was the problem?
Marilyn Burns
Marilyn BurnsFebruary 19, 2019
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