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Topic	Is math racist? As students of color struggle schools are altering instruction
Questionmarktarius 12/08/21 11:20:12 AM #38:	Key posted... But historically people struggle with math over other subjects. Something about it makes it hard for people to pick up for some reason. Base-10 is completely invented. That's why. "Natural" math is weird to someone drilled on place-value and long division and stuff. Indigenous people who haven't been exposed to arabic numerals consistently have high-competency with mathematics based on estimates, relationships, and ratios. https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/e_access/serial/m0005975_v_a.pdf You've got to unwind how the brain is put together for analyzing "quantity", then rebuild it around numerals and powers of ten. The Romans were closer to how we actually think about numbers, before being taught how to. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:960727983] in Is math ra... [t:79800688]...</cite> <quote>Key posted... </cite> <quote>But historically people struggle with math over other subjects. Something about it makes it hard for people to pick up for some reason.</quote>Base-10 is completely invented. That's why. "Natural" math is weird to someone drilled on place-value and long division and stuff. Indigenous people who haven't been exposed to arabic numerals consistently have high-competency with mathematics based on estimates, relationships, and ratios. https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/e_access/serial/m0005975_v_a.pdf You've got to unwind how the brain is put together for analyzing "quantity", then rebuild it around numerals and powers of ten. The Romans were closer to how we actually think about numbers, before being taught how to. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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