Only with paper and pencil can you really get a feel for the nature of numbers, the patterns that occur, etc. When you rely on a calculator, you are outsourcing calculation to a machine that will give you an answer but not teach you how it's done. When you write and work through a problem and verify it, you have taught yourself and expanded your ability.
This video makes me sick--this is quite obviously from a biased source and this child has been used to ply people into making a curriculum decision based on what she has been told. Prove the value of your program through statistics and data not a child.
Obviously this young person has no idea why she is doing the tasks she is doing. Who would expect her to? She doesn't see the connection among the mathematical ideas. Most parents do either. Thus, we are forced to "continue doing what we've always done" and we wonder why we continue to perform poorly in international assessments. Read Bill Gates' take on instruction in the US. He is obviously for reform, but we are unlikely to change.
The trend is waning: MathLand was cancelled, a panel formed by Dubya late in his administration spoke ill of reform math (one of the few good things he did), and Saxon and Singapore Math are on the rise, especially outside the educational bureaucracy; for that matter, when I was in college the elementary education majors all covered the use of Singapore Math (I was a math major but I looked all around the university bookstore).
@jelewis2 Yes, we'll be returning to mathematics instructional of the 1970s and likely to the same test scores. Fourth and 8th grade student NAEP scores will soon return to those levels, 2 grade levels behind where they are now.
OH NO! The equals button broke because I pressed it too many times. What will I do, I don't know 300/6. Is TERC really what they teach in somplaces now. Man I feel sorry for those kids.
I can't believe they pressed the equals button 49 times.
You could pick 300 then the answer will be 1.
I find long division useful when the answer is not whole. You can find the whole decimal representation of the answer. Just because we have calculators it doesn't mean that we should use them.
The one thing I disagree with is with decimals thinking of them like money.
You should first ignore the decimal point:
9.9/0.003
make this 99/3=33
Now in division you subtract the amount of numbers after the decimal point in the denominator from the amount of numbers after the decimal point in the numerator and move the decimal point right this many times or left if it's negative.
For multiplication you ignore the decimal then do the same but instead you add the amount of numbers after the decimal points together and move the decimal point left this many times. 0.7*0.67
@zyzzyzus You are misleading in your post. This is not what is taught in Investigations. However, I'm sure you're not interested in facts or the truth when you're pushing your agenda.
@sleeper2345 What? I don't have an agenda. I was just giving my opinion on how numbers should be calculated. I wasn't misleading. Can you tell me what on earth you are talking about?
@sleeper2345 I think I know what your post is about now.
I am interested in this because I plan to become a Maths teacher and I need to know methods that are taught.
I was merely using humour to convey my message that I don't agree with this method of teaching. Some investigations are needed to help with Maths but from what I have read, "Investigations in Numbers, Data, and Space" concentrates too much on this and not enough on pure Mathematics.
@zyzzyzus Glad you're interested. However, I suggest you base your decisions on facts rather than misleading information. I've seen some bright students go through traditional instruction and add 7 nearly 100 times rather than multiply. Why? Because school has not helped them make the connection! They have learned in school to not trust their own reasoning and to try to follow rules that they don't understand. A considerable amount of research supports these conclusions.
@sleeper2345 Yeah I was only joking about what was said in the video. The truth is that different students require different teaching methods. With investigations, some children may feel held back by it which is what seems to have happened to the girl in the video.
There are some good ideas in investigations such as encouraging children to develop their own ways of calculation instead of giving them the algorithms.
this is excellent, i am really impressed with this video. i wonder if it was part of a school project. My mom made me practice everyday during the summer too.
wow my names madeline too but i hate math! i used too be a 5th grader! wow thats wierd i learned the same things in 5th grade. your smart madeline nice job!!!
My Mom used to have to whip me until I wanted to read hahaha
Me and my brother and sisters use to have to do these big books full of reading and math work from 1PM to 3PM...I would always fall asleep or say I have to use the bathroom and never come out ahaha.
your mon would whip you because she was concerned about your future , and how you will be able to stand on your own two feet, you couldn't even become a taxi driver, if you couldn't do simple calculations like this
P.S Did she use a leather whip of some sort, or wr u just exxagerating...my mom used to whack me over the head with a thick biology book heheh....even after I returned from my(few hours of) hibernation in the bathroom...heheh
Man, I'm confused, but not in the way some others are. The way she's doing it--that's how I was taught when I was her age in the mid-90s. It never occurred to me that there was any other way. And that first method she was bringing up does seem ridiculous.
Right, the "new world order". So anyway, what is dumbed down about the new curriculum, besides the fact that dumb kids can't make sense of it? Precisely. The old curriculum is dumb because it's easily learned by rote. The new one requires some thinking. You should try it some time.
TERK and "new math" are shams, no, that's not a strong enough word. They are CRIMES against children. No child in this country should be incompetent at math, but these programs make children that way.
Thank you Madeline for your eloquent explanation of TERK vs. Singapore and Saxon.
To the person who wants to know where to get Singapore and Saxon you can buy them @ homeschool supply companies such as Rainbow Resource dot com who sells then at a discount.
I'm a homeschooling mom teaching math the OLD way with pencil and paper not with calculators. This crazy new math alone is a good enough reason for me to homeschool, however I chose homeschooling for many reasons!
This seemed to be "from the heart"...something the student really wanted to share because she was passionate about it. It didn't seem like something that was scripted by an adult.
It also didn't at all seem like an advertisement for a textbook. In particular, it didn't seem like an advertisement for Saxon Math or Singapore.
she isn't as smart as i would think she is:P and her methods are longer and more difficult to remember it can be shorter. in the netherlands/holland we learn better methods.
That was a fantastic comparison. I'd like to see both of these books explore much tougher problems as well as the more procedural mathematics. I wish more students would have this kind of initiative! ;)
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lmao..many people can right with left. everybody doesnt have the same writing abilities. people who can write with the left hand are very smart. madline is so intelligent. =]
what a load of propaganda, I think the point is valid, but making kids read up scripts like that and presenting it like her own words (or atleast attempting to make it seem like her own words) is wrong
I've been an engineer for 20 years and in real life situations, we have to understand how math works in order to solve equations quickly and accurately. So in that sense, it's whatever works for you. But in high school and college, you better be able to manipulate equations, know your multiplication tables, etc. otherwise you'll have a tough time to graduate
So one solution to that problem is to sum up 6 to the total of 300 and it works. But sure, in real live you should be able to take the shortest way to the answer.
True! 300/6 = is the fastest solution doing with a calc-machine like this. There are almost always different methods... depending on what you are doing, the application. A computer can only "count", so depending on the internal system, the calc will doing exactly like that (sum 6+6+....).
Thank you for let me know the Saxon Math. Good learning materials.
However, I am sorry to say that I am not impressed with you, Madeline. I am not saying you are not good, but I know some Second Graders that know how to do +, -, *, /, ^, fraction by heart.
What makes you think that she con't do that? I know many high school students who can't grasp the idea that 25/25 is one, and that if you multiply a number by one its value is unchanged.
My point is this: the fact that you know younger students who are able to perform calculations with fractions does not take away from her ability to do so. I am impressed with a young lady who is articulate and able to express opinions about various math programs that many adults don't understand, not to mention that she cares enough about education that she took the time to make the video.
TERC= confused kids, parents, and frustrated teachers. I am a teacher and a parent and I want the old math back. Give me "drill and kill" any day over TERC.
/sigh confused parents and frustrated teachers are PROOF that the "old math" wasn't working. Frustration=POOR CONTENT KNOWLEDGE. Direct result of your hallowed "drill and kill."
Wonderful, thank you for sharing Madeline. My children are almost ready for this math and it is helpful for me to see the differences between the programs in order to make the best curriculum choice for them.
Do they use fun little mental shortcuts anymore, like the ones in JS Meyer's book "Arithmetricks"? I ate that up in 4th grade: practicing the tips and then figuring out for myself why they work. Is N divisible by 6? Well, check it for both 2 and 3. If by 3, all the digits add up to a number divisible by 3. Is 582378522 divisible by 6? Yes, it's even; and its digits add up to 42 and then 6, which is divisible by 3. The point's the creative problem-solving skills taught by this.
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MAMsMom97 1 month ago
lefty math girl like me!!! Keep it up!! You will do great things!
nikitamathsmith 2 months ago
Only with paper and pencil can you really get a feel for the nature of numbers, the patterns that occur, etc. When you rely on a calculator, you are outsourcing calculation to a machine that will give you an answer but not teach you how it's done. When you write and work through a problem and verify it, you have taught yourself and expanded your ability.
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sagarapawan 1 year ago
Homeschooling? So you all have the knowledge, experiences and perspectives in the world to teach your child? It's wrong.
Choo69 1 year ago
This video makes me sick--this is quite obviously from a biased source and this child has been used to ply people into making a curriculum decision based on what she has been told. Prove the value of your program through statistics and data not a child.
rooshu84 1 year ago
you kidding me.use mathcad and you dont need to know all bullshit
leparditas 1 year ago
You're a cute girl, but it is VERY unusual for a girl to be interested in mathematics! Please take care.
prilstrudel 1 year ago
@prilstrudel wow thats really sexist
JolieDawson 1 year ago
@JolieDawson
No I am NOT sexist! I was making a sarcastic joke.
prilstrudel 1 year ago
Obviously this young person has no idea why she is doing the tasks she is doing. Who would expect her to? She doesn't see the connection among the mathematical ideas. Most parents do either. Thus, we are forced to "continue doing what we've always done" and we wonder why we continue to perform poorly in international assessments. Read Bill Gates' take on instruction in the US. He is obviously for reform, but we are unlikely to change.
sleeper2345 1 year ago
so cute it hurts to look at her.
these poor kids minds are being polluted with inefficient nonsense.
americans get what they deserve.
ferd320 2 years ago
The trend is waning: MathLand was cancelled, a panel formed by Dubya late in his administration spoke ill of reform math (one of the few good things he did), and Saxon and Singapore Math are on the rise, especially outside the educational bureaucracy; for that matter, when I was in college the elementary education majors all covered the use of Singapore Math (I was a math major but I looked all around the university bookstore).
jelewis2 2 years ago
@jelewis2 Yes, we'll be returning to mathematics instructional of the 1970s and likely to the same test scores. Fourth and 8th grade student NAEP scores will soon return to those levels, 2 grade levels behind where they are now.
sleeper2345 1 year ago
Is this an advertisement?
rockyqw12 2 years ago 2
Wouldn't doubt it.
juliaisafilmbuff123 2 years ago
OH NO! The equals button broke because I pressed it too many times. What will I do, I don't know 300/6. Is TERC really what they teach in somplaces now. Man I feel sorry for those kids.
I can't believe they pressed the equals button 49 times.
You could pick 300 then the answer will be 1.
I find long division useful when the answer is not whole. You can find the whole decimal representation of the answer. Just because we have calculators it doesn't mean that we should use them.
zyzzyzus 2 years ago 2
And after over 15 years I still remember my 1-12 times tables and find them helpful.
zyzzyzus 2 years ago
The one thing I disagree with is with decimals thinking of them like money.
You should first ignore the decimal point:
9.9/0.003
make this 99/3=33
Now in division you subtract the amount of numbers after the decimal point in the denominator from the amount of numbers after the decimal point in the numerator and move the decimal point right this many times or left if it's negative.
3-1=2 So 9.9/0.003 = 3300
zyzzyzus 2 years ago
For multiplication you ignore the decimal then do the same but instead you add the amount of numbers after the decimal points together and move the decimal point left this many times. 0.7*0.67
7*67=469
1+2=3
So 0.7*6.7=0.469
zyzzyzus 2 years ago
That should be 0.7*0.67=0.469
zyzzyzus 2 years ago
@zyzzyzus You are misleading in your post. This is not what is taught in Investigations. However, I'm sure you're not interested in facts or the truth when you're pushing your agenda.
sleeper2345 1 year ago
@sleeper2345 What? I don't have an agenda. I was just giving my opinion on how numbers should be calculated. I wasn't misleading. Can you tell me what on earth you are talking about?
I am very confused by your post.
zyzzyzus 1 year ago
@sleeper2345 I think I know what your post is about now.
I am interested in this because I plan to become a Maths teacher and I need to know methods that are taught.
I was merely using humour to convey my message that I don't agree with this method of teaching. Some investigations are needed to help with Maths but from what I have read, "Investigations in Numbers, Data, and Space" concentrates too much on this and not enough on pure Mathematics.
zyzzyzus 1 year ago
@zyzzyzus Glad you're interested. However, I suggest you base your decisions on facts rather than misleading information. I've seen some bright students go through traditional instruction and add 7 nearly 100 times rather than multiply. Why? Because school has not helped them make the connection! They have learned in school to not trust their own reasoning and to try to follow rules that they don't understand. A considerable amount of research supports these conclusions.
sleeper2345 1 year ago
@sleeper2345 Yeah I was only joking about what was said in the video. The truth is that different students require different teaching methods. With investigations, some children may feel held back by it which is what seems to have happened to the girl in the video.
There are some good ideas in investigations such as encouraging children to develop their own ways of calculation instead of giving them the algorithms.
zyzzyzus 1 year ago
I have found that since leaving school I have learnt alot more because I teach myself and I need to understand the reasoning behind the mathematics.
At school I was just taught do it this way because that is how it is done. This may be ok if you can memorise this but for me it didn't work.
I believe that the teaching needs to be geared towards the individual by grouping children that require a paticular method into smaller groups.
zyzzyzus 1 year ago
Wieso tut sie sowas :D
Nicole22291 2 years ago
shame to use your children to talk about politics
vermifugo 2 years ago
Wow... Okay. 300/6 is 50. I could do that in my head when I was, like, 7.
jirsace 2 years ago
She doesn't look like a 5ft grader.. XD
DeepeeMe 2 years ago
If your adding 6+6 on a calculator your doing it wrong....
ps. this advertisement for the book is a fail.
wv05vq 2 years ago
Why are their math books so bug, you learn nothing in elementary school.
anutochkaM 3 years ago
why didn't she just divide 300 by 6?
anutochkaM 3 years ago
Cause those crappy math books make u do what she did
crazy4ham95 2 years ago 2
Wow she uses a calculator for such easy calculations. She is such a genius!(sarcastic)
yuansuxsisback 3 years ago
Did she say sax? Anyway, she speaks very quickly.
mensrightsmovement 3 years ago
sexy math? absolutely inappropriate for 5th graders
peanut18544 3 years ago
It was thought root(√). 4:26
0103303 3 years ago
this is excellent, i am really impressed with this video. i wonder if it was part of a school project. My mom made me practice everyday during the summer too.
samD360 3 years ago
hi my names madeline to and im a 5th grader lol
StonedEmoKid1 3 years ago
who caught that she is left handed
eddiekoski 3 years ago 3
Madeline should be a teacher.
MasterPervy123 3 years ago 2
i see why you saxon and singapor better than terk terk doesn't teach maths and it takes too long to do that to solve a problem like 300/6
MathMikie 3 years ago
Yeah, it would be funny to see how they would solve 3000/6.
:D
dalmacietis 3 years ago
my name is madeline too! check out our how to viedos
howtomadelineanna 3 years ago
My name is madeline Too i also love math
madmaddie82 3 years ago
hehehehheheh.. my names madeline too! and i love math, and especially when i was a fifth grader
dancerandromeda 3 years ago
I've added this video in my favorites because she is so CUTE and SMART. 2 Thumbs up for her!
MATH ROCKS!
CymorPsycho 3 years ago
wierd where it says ur lessen from u math book it looks similar but not the book vcovers wierd
vain5 3 years ago
im using math 76 from saxon
vain5 3 years ago
she's left handed! no wonder she's so smart
kiwikid2013 3 years ago
Madeline is AWESOME!
fedsteri 3 years ago
shit wat is this math class
lkzbd 3 years ago
shes just like meee
BibbityBibbityBOB 3 years ago
"normally it doesn't even teach me to use a calculator right" lol
so adorable and sharp
ionxi 3 years ago
wow my names madeline too but i hate math! i used too be a 5th grader! wow thats wierd i learned the same things in 5th grade. your smart madeline nice job!!!
MaddyPie11 3 years ago
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mace0trill 3 years ago
she's just a kid
stevesteve199 3 years ago
i just learned how to count today. up to 6. beyond that i have to rely on the successor function.
nortexoid 3 years ago
I wish I was like this girl when I was young.
My Mom used to have to whip me until I wanted to read hahaha
Me and my brother and sisters use to have to do these big books full of reading and math work from 1PM to 3PM...I would always fall asleep or say I have to use the bathroom and never come out ahaha.
Lol, Goodtimes! =)
bebopblitz 3 years ago 3
your mon would whip you because she was concerned about your future , and how you will be able to stand on your own two feet, you couldn't even become a taxi driver, if you couldn't do simple calculations like this
P.S Did she use a leather whip of some sort, or wr u just exxagerating...my mom used to whack me over the head with a thick biology book heheh....even after I returned from my(few hours of) hibernation in the bathroom...heheh
crawhip2 3 years ago
cheers!
crawhip2 3 years ago
Your awesome Madeline, keep up the great work
stinm1119 3 years ago
boring.
dancingxchick 3 years ago
is this for real
tiochaota 3 years ago
Man, I'm confused, but not in the way some others are. The way she's doing it--that's how I was taught when I was her age in the mid-90s. It never occurred to me that there was any other way. And that first method she was bringing up does seem ridiculous.
Marbles471 3 years ago
WTF??
woh would want to watch this?
CrushOnFire13 3 years ago
i knew that my doctor was right,he told me that left hunded people are smarter
bboyizone4 3 years ago
adding unlike fractions is easy! all u gotta do is find the.........
skilletkid14 3 years ago
who wrote that for you and forced you to make the video? maybe you shouldnt look around so much and make it obvious
GhostDrow 3 years ago
yeah maddie!
ferretman75 3 years ago 3
this lame... better funny math vids on utube
jtp32927 3 years ago
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this is really simple math. i did stuff like this in 3rd grade. but it's the right level math for her age.
WhenLifeGivesULimes 3 years ago
Uhhh i learnt that stuff in year 4 1/2 do algerbra or something better......than 1+1=78943 Correct!
BattlonGuy 3 years ago
She is cute but she is a nerd.
SteelYoshi 3 years ago
lame, they should be learning algebra by 5th grade
kerdeboer 3 years ago 2
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it's not saxon math its sex and math!
GAY MADELINE!
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i SPIT ON GIRLS LIKE U!
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GAY!!!!
richerbros 4 years ago
like u
lily13524 4 years ago 2
Why does anybody care about this vid? This is basic mathematics; sub algebra 1. Everyone goes through it so whats the big deal?
501Enigma 4 years ago
The dumbed down programs she talks about are all part of the UN schools, Goals 2000, marxist learning for the new world order.
themaclady 4 years ago
Right, the "new world order". So anyway, what is dumbed down about the new curriculum, besides the fact that dumb kids can't make sense of it? Precisely. The old curriculum is dumb because it's easily learned by rote. The new one requires some thinking. You should try it some time.
nortexoid 4 years ago
TERK and "new math" are shams, no, that's not a strong enough word. They are CRIMES against children. No child in this country should be incompetent at math, but these programs make children that way.
rockywhore11 4 years ago 5
Thank you Madeline for your eloquent explanation of TERK vs. Singapore and Saxon.
To the person who wants to know where to get Singapore and Saxon you can buy them @ homeschool supply companies such as Rainbow Resource dot com who sells then at a discount.
I'm a homeschooling mom teaching math the OLD way with pencil and paper not with calculators. This crazy new math alone is a good enough reason for me to homeschool, however I chose homeschooling for many reasons!
christinemm67 4 years ago 7
wow shes pretty good at math at her age=]
steve201314 4 years ago
can you give me the name of those books please? an the ISBN . I want to have them.
Guitar11 4 years ago
toast!
Conor94 4 years ago
You are very smart!
Conor94 4 years ago
dulciani is also a good textbook [structure and method]
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-.-
gigijazzygirl 4 years ago
omg i mean. GO MADLINE! xD she is so smart. =] i luv watching this. im adding it to my favorites...........
...okay im tired orf typing..
gigijazzygirl 4 years ago
gr8 work by little girl, keep it up!
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infana71 4 years ago
The way she says Singapore makes it sounds likes as if it was an educational institution, when it's an entire country.
But damn, I guess this teaches me to appreciate the math I learnt during Primary School.
charliec81 4 years ago
singapore is also a maths textbook series.
CamdenBloke 4 years ago
Dude.... SIngapore is a COUNTRY. CHeck your world map.
charliec81 4 years ago
I know all about Singapore the country. It's also a math textbook publishing company.
CamdenBloke 4 years ago
your good at maths lykoooo...
mallaish...
ur not sad m-m-m-muller light
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sandyman92 4 years ago
This is soooo true
crazy4ham95 4 years ago
This seemed to be "from the heart"...something the student really wanted to share because she was passionate about it. It didn't seem like something that was scripted by an adult.
It also didn't at all seem like an advertisement for a textbook. In particular, it didn't seem like an advertisement for Saxon Math or Singapore.
nortk 4 years ago
my name is cooler haha
xomadelinex3 4 years ago
she isn't as smart as i would think she is:P and her methods are longer and more difficult to remember it can be shorter. in the netherlands/holland we learn better methods.
gtarockstargames 4 years ago
What a great math girl! Good job!
nycfunction 4 years ago
I use this book at my school and it's hell!
Pawsomepup 4 years ago
That was a fantastic comparison. I'd like to see both of these books explore much tougher problems as well as the more procedural mathematics. I wish more students would have this kind of initiative! ;)
Dr. Gordon Hamilton
gamesbygord 4 years ago 3
Nice job!! ^_^
1Amiel1 4 years ago
0.04*7=0.28 lol!
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blahblaheatme 4 years ago
See, the fluke is besides teaching maths any students needs to learn methodology, so as he learns faster and doesn't forget what has been learned
cachaslokas 4 years ago
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she writez wit the wrong hand.
x0xpinkix0x 4 years ago
lmao..many people can right with left. everybody doesnt have the same writing abilities. people who can write with the left hand are very smart. madline is so intelligent. =]
gigijazzygirl 4 years ago
no one bldy cares about your life
jord40001 4 years ago
Heaps exciting, I'm defiantly favorteing this video
beno7398 4 years ago 2
Go Madelaine. Thanks for teaching us math,you are doing
great. Keep up the good work.
quelita28 4 years ago 4
You have no respect for people.Thumbs up to
Madeline anyway.
quelita28 4 years ago 2
durr durr durr!!!!!!! duhhhhhhhhh..........
yamahamike500 4 years ago
Go sweetie! We are all proud of you.
quelita28 4 years ago
lol that's so obviously been written for her
dan92dan 4 years ago 4
bullshit..
wickeddude1 4 years ago
what a load of propaganda, I think the point is valid, but making kids read up scripts like that and presenting it like her own words (or atleast attempting to make it seem like her own words) is wrong
mhrby1985 4 years ago 2
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bullshit..
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You son of a bitch.
ryuusel 4 years ago
watch your mouth
kk025 4 years ago 2
Madeline is BEAUTIFUL,CUTE and so SMART! I LOVE YOU MADELINE! ^^
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my brother is maddies bf if he sees this he'll kill you
kk025 4 years ago
lmfao
netcyrus 4 years ago
BORING
mniszow 4 years ago
lost my time
gcjacob 4 years ago
why does this video have 17,115 veiws?
kydoes 4 years ago
Yay, go Madeline!
sakka0 4 years ago 3
are those kids behind in math?...
brittmusselwhite 4 years ago
wow...the exactly amount of gay=))))...
nimurucu 4 years ago
Awesome!
birdzgal 4 years ago
What a smart kid! It makes me glad to see kids who are actually into learning.
jlemus85 4 years ago
what is she talking about.. I'm in the 9th grade, but I don't understand a shit..
Richynooby 4 years ago
Nerd.
musemusemuse1 4 years ago
Dam right kid!!
edgeWOO96 4 years ago
I'd feel better with Saxon Math if Biff Byford and Paul Quinn were teaching me. Madeline doesn't cut the mustard...
LrodJr 4 years ago
I am an adult going to community college, and math is my next subject. Can you suggest other math sites.
I hate math. I wll try to come back to prestondave.
did I mention that I hate math?
USENDMEONE 4 years ago
This young lady gives me hope for the future of our country.
MoveTheChains 4 years ago 5
I've been an engineer for 20 years and in real life situations, we have to understand how math works in order to solve equations quickly and accurately. So in that sense, it's whatever works for you. But in high school and college, you better be able to manipulate equations, know your multiplication tables, etc. otherwise you'll have a tough time to graduate
scrapbook11 4 years ago 2
BTW, What is this "TERC"?!
flagtube 4 years ago
So one solution to that problem is to sum up 6 to the total of 300 and it works. But sure, in real live you should be able to take the shortest way to the answer.
flagtube 4 years ago
True! 300/6 = is the fastest solution doing with a calc-machine like this. There are almost always different methods... depending on what you are doing, the application. A computer can only "count", so depending on the internal system, the calc will doing exactly like that (sum 6+6+....).
flagtube 4 years ago
Thank you for let me know the Saxon Math. Good learning materials.
However, I am sorry to say that I am not impressed with you, Madeline. I am not saying you are not good, but I know some Second Graders that know how to do +, -, *, /, ^, fraction by heart.
cvaguy 4 years ago
What makes you think that she con't do that? I know many high school students who can't grasp the idea that 25/25 is one, and that if you multiply a number by one its value is unchanged.
yahsekim 4 years ago
I think I said I knew someone younger than her can do the same things. You would not impressed by college students who can do calculus, do you ?
cvaguy 4 years ago
My point is this: the fact that you know younger students who are able to perform calculations with fractions does not take away from her ability to do so. I am impressed with a young lady who is articulate and able to express opinions about various math programs that many adults don't understand, not to mention that she cares enough about education that she took the time to make the video.
yahsekim 4 years ago
Well said...
My apology.
cvaguy 4 years ago
TERC= confused kids, parents, and frustrated teachers. I am a teacher and a parent and I want the old math back. Give me "drill and kill" any day over TERC.
unclaimedtreas 4 years ago 2
/sigh confused parents and frustrated teachers are PROOF that the "old math" wasn't working. Frustration=POOR CONTENT KNOWLEDGE. Direct result of your hallowed "drill and kill."
numb3rsc0ach 4 years ago
ahahahhah what a geek
Hax1axe 4 years ago
promotion video...sigh
henz90 4 years ago
Wonderful, thank you for sharing Madeline. My children are almost ready for this math and it is helpful for me to see the differences between the programs in order to make the best curriculum choice for them.
jwboll 4 years ago
Gotta love math!
Holla!
SamJay57 4 years ago
totally math rules :D
gigijazzygirl 4 years ago
OMG! ISNT SAXON MATH THE BEST! its very organized its awesome! do u go to a private school?
jllewellynxo 4 years ago
Do they use fun little mental shortcuts anymore, like the ones in JS Meyer's book "Arithmetricks"? I ate that up in 4th grade: practicing the tips and then figuring out for myself why they work. Is N divisible by 6? Well, check it for both 2 and 3. If by 3, all the digits add up to a number divisible by 3. Is 582378522 divisible by 6? Yes, it's even; and its digits add up to 42 and then 6, which is divisible by 3. The point's the creative problem-solving skills taught by this.
thebpl 4 years ago
pervert!
tumblequeen 4 years ago
I truely hope youre 12...
Pilanus 4 years ago
this is the 2 time i saw this vid and i still dont understand shit!!!!!
juan7770 4 years ago
WTF!! dude lol
juan7770 4 years ago
Poor Madeline. I'm sorry that adults put you up to this.
blut4rsky 4 years ago
Im Okay
crazy4ham95 4 years ago
I would have been convinced if she stopped looking away from the camera. I wonder how much they paid her or her parents.
y3nd0 4 years ago
WOW! who did her make up?
biggugly0402 4 years ago
wtf i dont understand lol
juan7770 4 years ago
i know you it's dylans miny brother
kk025 4 years ago
they gave her sum kindof drug
lawlrence89 4 years ago