Children working in markets in India could solve complex applied math problems, but they couldn't solve easier problems when presented in an academic style. Kids in school had opposite results: good on abstract problems, but terrible on an applied market (i.e., real life) problem.
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Alejandro J. Ganimian
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☑️Children working can use arithmetic to solve problems in their shops, but struggle with abstract math
☑️Children in school can do abstract math, but cannot apply it
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
☑️Children working can use arithmetic to solve problems in their shops, but struggle with abstract math
☑️Children in school can do abstract math, but cannot apply it
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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