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The New DU. Reply #10: Why waste time memorizing facts divorced from meaning?
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SmokingJacket
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Fri Mar-03-06 10:09 PM
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| 10. Why waste time memorizing facts divorced from meaning? |
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That's why we have atlases and almanacs.
I think it is important to know facts in order to make sense of history -- if you don't know that the Civil War took place in the middle of the 19th century, it's hard to really understand it. But knowing that it ended in 1865 versus 1867 is less important than having a sense of the issues involved.
And I DO think math facts should be memorized by rote! And I'm making sure my kids can identify the states -- I think that helps make sense of news stories.
But exports? Why memorize something that changes constantly???
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