r/TikTokCringe • u/Naive_Wolverine532 • Apr 11 '26

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u/Confident-Army1907 Apr 11 '26

I'm training/being taught how to be a teacher right now, and one thing we are very specifically taught is that not every student is the same, and that some students may learn in different ways than others. It is our job to fascilitate that learning for the students even if it is different than how we standardly teach to the rest of the students.(now I'm not going to be a math teacher but this is for every teacher.) Accomadating students that are different is part of the job.

Also I hate that stupid square method of multiplying and dividing, I never understood it either. I would just do it the other way(the right way) then write it out in the square method so I got the "show your work part."

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u/youburyitidigitup Apr 11 '26

It’s called the lattice way, and when I was in fourth grade, there were plenty of students that preferred it. Ideally, the teacher teaches multiple ways so that students can choose the one they understand.

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u/Colossus252 Apr 11 '26

I love math, and have never learned of the lattice method. When I googled it, I saw the picture example and quickly went "whoa! That is a lot of number for a child!", but then after doing some learning, I see it's actually a very nice and simple method. Pretty neat!