Math Should Not Be Taught In Schools Essay

Math is a crucial life skill. Almost every job today requires, at the very least, an elementary understanding of math. One cannot escape things like counting, adding, and subtracting, no matter where you go. These are absolutely necessary skills for children to learn at the earliest possible age. However there are many students today who do not like math at all. We as teachers need to do our part to make math easy, understandable, and perhaps even fun.

The textbook goes over many theorists' views on how to teach mathematics. According to the behaviorist, students cannot solve advanced problems until they have mastered the prerequisite low-level skills first. Behaviorists prefer to accomplish this with direct instruction and drill and practice. While behaviorism does not explain well how existing knowledge structures can interfere with newer learning, the cognitive developmental theory can. The textbook says that Constructivism is the most popular approach today for teaching math. They tend to stress …show more content…
It should be vital that both teachers and parents examine the research done in these fields so they can better help children learn. Although no one theory is perfect, they all have some insight to offer. We should be using the best portions of each, such as direct instruction, asking the child how they got their answer, and lots of practice.

Unless you get a very obscure job, you're probably going to be using math for the rest of your life. Perhaps you won't need intense calculus if you don't intend on going into math-specialized fields, but basic arithmetic is always going to be useful in day-to-day life. Therefore, we ought to teach it well. Instead of complaining loudly about how pointless and difficult math is, we should talk about how useful it can be. We should teach kids, if not to enjoy it, to understand just how important it is. Math will always come in handy some