Re: Multiplication Not Repeated Addition- Explain
Posted by: Juliana on 6/28/09
On 6/26/09, Burt wrote:
> I think the first thing you need to differentiate is between
> the computational procedure and the concept. There is nothing
> wrong with repeated addition as a computational procedure to
> calculate the product of whole number multiplication. It is a
> useful computational strategy, and it works with whole
> numbers, but it is not the concept of multiplication.
I see repeated addition quite the opposite way: nearly useless in
computation, except in very simple examples, but extremely
powerful for conceptual understanding.
