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Euclid had the answer: Teach how and why algorithms work

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Progressive educators believe students should not be taught standard algorithms -- no Euclid for you! -- until they discover mathematical relationships on their own, writes Lance Izumi of the Pacific Research Institute. This philosophy "has frustrated children and appalled parents." Euclid’s method of finding the greatest common divisor of two integers was first described in 300 B.C., he writes. It's still used today, because it works. Students …
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Euclid had the answer: Teach how and why algorithms work

Progressive educators believe students should not be taught standard algorithms -- no Euclid for you! -- until they discover mathematical relationships on their own, writes Lance Izumi of the Pacific Research Institute. This philosophy "has frustrated children and appalled parents." Euclid’s method of finding the greatest common divisor of two integers was first described in 300 B.C., he writes. It's still used today, because it works. Students …

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