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From: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: Integral types and own type definitions (was Re: Suggested method
 for returning a string from a C program?)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:31:36 -0400
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On 3/26/25 05:00, David Brown wrote:
> On 26/03/2025 00:55, James Kuyper wrote:
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>> I was born just in time to be taught the New Math in school.
> 
> These days, of course, kids don't learn about any of this - they just 
> learn how to ask ChatGPT about it from their iPad.

I'm currently raising two 9-year olds (yes, they were born when I was 56
- I've been late for almost everything in my life, including my marriage
- I hope that includes my funeral). They use ChromeBooks supplied by the
school district, and as far as I know they've made no use of ChatGPT.

The biggest difference between the way they were taught math and the way
I was taught is something called a "number bond". The concept emphasizes
that 6 and 4+2 are the same quantity, so 5 is "bonded" to the
combination of 4 and 2. In other words, the concept is used to
encapsulate the distributive property. They attach as much or more
importance to that fact as I would attach to the fact that 6 and 2*3 are
the same quantity. I have no idea whether this is a good idea, just as
my parents had no idea whether the "New Math" was a good idea.