I am really understanding the different types of addition and subtraction word problem types so the quiz was fairly easy for me. It is nice to see something you know and be able to identify the word problems and know what makes them easier and more difficult to solve.
I am extremely happy that Dr. Shih mentioned that he has not seen any type of research that shows if you take away student's tools then they will get to abstraction quicker. This is wonderful news because I think in today's teaching society so many teachers think the opposite. I have seen teachers try to make the students do the problems in their heads instead of using their fingers. And I have seen the student's reactions; it seems as though the students feel bad about themselves because they feel that they should not be using their fingers to count. I am happy there isn't any evidence supporting the taking away of student's tools. All students learn at different paces and they all learn in different ways. When I sit back and think about it, I still sometimes use my fingers to count with. I've always excelled at math, and the fact that I still sometimes use my fingers to count just goes to prove that students don't need their tools taken away in order to abstract other math calculations.
I'm ready to get more practice with the multiplication and division. I can't seem to tie partitive to dealing and measurement to chunking. I understand each and can tell you if you have to deal or chunk the problem, but I can't seem to remember which is partitive and which is measurement. But, I am sure with more brain stems I will be able to remember which goes to which!
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