New York Times Op-Ed: Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She’ll Thank You Later.
(Illustration by Richard Pope, New York Times)

New York Times Op-Ed: Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She’ll Thank You Later.



This article is the culmination of years of thinking about what's been most helpful for our own daughters, as well as about the learning process itself.

Here are some take aways after reading this text: 1) what people like most is the matter that is easier to them. 2) The better way to deep learn something is with alternation between concept and practice. 3) Learning process is not easy, so it is necessary effort and time to achieve engrained knowledge. 4) math is not easy, but makes the difference.

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Hi teacher Barbara. I did your course in Coursera  regarding "Learning how to learn" It was amazing! Kind regards 

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Hello Barbara, So old school learning still the best way for our brains ?

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