The application part is what most students, in the USA at least, struggle with. Most can memorize formulas and "plug-and-chug" but manipulating said formulas is a challenge and what leads students to not "getting" maths and the frustration that ensues. Remove the formulas and have numbers with labels in a word problem and having the student figure out what variables go where in the formula is a big problem. I remember in Algebra 2 doing 3-way age problems and so many students struggled with how to solve them.
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The application part is what most students, in the USA at least, struggle with. Most can memorize formulas and "plug-and-chug" but manipulating said formulas is a challenge and what leads students to not "getting" maths and the frustration that ensues. Remove the formulas and have numbers with labels in a word problem and having the student figure out what variables go where in the formula is a big problem. I remember in Algebra 2 doing 3-way age problems and so many students struggled with how to solve them.
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