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by voisin 612 days ago
@davidbessis on X had a very good thread on this in August. One excerpt from the thread:

“The #1 reason why we fail to teach math: we present it as knowledge without telling kids it's a motor skill developed by practicing unseen actions in your head. Passive listening is useless, yet we never say it. We're basically asking kids to take notes during yoga lessons.”