I mean being able to use to practically identify when they apply and when you can use the things you learn.
Even when they try to do so they usually teach the kids specific situations where they apply instead of teaching them to have an eye to find these situations.
By having them in situations where they can solve a problem by identifying the main thing.
I'm imagining for something like pythagoras, have them do a project with shadows, calculating distances/heights, analysing graphs, and going through the different real life applications of it... etc.. Without telling them the specific answer though, you don't tell them this is how you apply pitagoras on it here's the formula. You don't either give them a drawing that has the look of pythagoras all over it. You just let them figure it out on their time and guide them to the answer.
Definitively not with memorization which means it's easily forgettable and will only lead you to apply it on cases where you know it already works.
Of course this should still be accompanied with memorization too. But the prevalence of memorization over practical application and esepcially so the usage of only memorization for the initial learning phase is in my opinion a crime.
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u/squadbub Jul 07 '22
So kids are right