Responding to a message by Sheila, to Charles on ...
SK>It does seem to make more sense to introduce symbolic logic earlier,
SK>rather than later. I find it interesting that Kathleen Weaver felt she
SK>never really understood it until she worked with "breadboards". An
SK>interesting idea to use manipulatives to teach this concept.
I've not heard of the "breadboards" before, but we do have a math 
teacher in our building who did study logic with electronic circuit 
boards a number of years ago, and he swears by the process.  Problem is, 
like anything else, it takes a lot of time away from other topics and it 
seems more appropriate for an elective course (or so he says).
SK>Did your daughter find it to be helpful? Did _she_ see the parallels?
My daughter's worst subject in school was math (despite my spending 
hours with her every week - we did great on the assignments, but 
poorly on the tests ), so she's not a good example.  Some of the other 
students who've come back to visit seem to like the parallels, but 
that's a very subjective analysis on my part.
Chuck Beams
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cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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