354: How to Teach Division

So, students. You've had a chance to weigh in on addition and multiplication.

What is the best way to do division?

353: How to Teach Multiplication

There are several ways to teach multiplication. Many people seem to feel that students know best how they learn, so I'm asking students to weigh in on this particular issue.

Which method is best? Is there a difference between what we should be doing with elementary students and with high school students? With how much and with what do students need to graduate high school and enter the RealWorld?

Hindu Lattice Method	Grid Method
Standard Algorithm	Japanese Sticks

352: How to Teach Addition

Everyone seems to have an opinion and now, students, we're asking for yours.

Scott Macleod says, "We now live within multidirectional conversation spaces in which 12-year-olds can reach audiences at scales that previously were reserved for major media companies, large corporations, and governments. We all now can have a voice. We all now can be publishers. We all now can find each other’s thoughts and ideas and can share, cooperate, collaborate, and take collective action."

So how should addition, and by extension subtraction, be taught?The standard algorithm or by piecewise addition?

Weigh in on the "Letter to Jack".

How would you teach these two problems?