It does seem like they are adding extra steps and creating more room for errors for students who have trouble making columns of numbers, (of which I was and remain a charter member) but I can understand how they are teaching multiplication as shown in this strip. I think the old way was more efficient, but I can see this possibly being easier for those who have trouble with math, which I never did.
It does seem like they are adding extra steps and creating more room for errors for students who have trouble making columns of numbers, (of which I was and remain a charter member) but I can understand how they are teaching multiplication as shown in this strip. I think the old way was more efficient, but I can see this possibly being easier for those who have trouble with math, which I never did.