I think that is also connected to level of aphantasia. I don’t have a lot of visualisation in my mind in general.
I don’t visualise any math equarions at all. I see the equation. And then just calculate it in my head as abstract values, not connected to any visualization. For bigger stuff than 10x10 (I’m honestly grateful my teachers made us learn those by heart), I have to divide it into smaller parts, e.g. 16 x 7 would be 7 x 10 + 7 x 6. Of course at a certain point I’m not able to do that any more. For me its more connected to my inner narrator, I need to “talk” through the equation.
don’t visualise any math equarions at all. I see the equation. And then just calculate it in my head as abstract values, not connected to any visualization.
I wonder if how you were educated influences your ability to visualize things? For me I can almost hear the beads clack into place when I’m doing it in my head.
For bigger stuff than 10x10 (I’m honestly grateful my teachers made us learn those by heart
Is just teaching kids to memorize it by rote just kind of normal for most kids?
I have to divide it into smaller parts, e.g. 16 x 7 would be 7 x 10 + 7 x
Tbf that’s kinda what an abacus does for you. So you might actually do pretty well using one of you ever wanted to learn.
I wonder if how you were educated influences your ability to visualize things?
Probably, but the first steps of teaching math involved very much the use of visualisation, as it was taught with “3 apples and now we have 2 more” or for multiplication “3 rows of 5 apples”. But I’m maybe not a good example. Because I have aphantasia also with reading. I don’t have a picture in my mind while reading a description of a person or a location and others very much have one.
Is just teaching kids to memorize it by rote just kind of normal for most kids?
For this absolutely basic stuff? Yes. Or at least they try. No idea how good it is in general, but for me it worked as intended. I’m not a friend of learning by heart for many things, but these small mental calculations that happen a lot in my line of work, I’m glad to be able to do them without needing some mental process and can just put the answer down quickly and even if I’m stressed.
I think that is also connected to level of aphantasia. I don’t have a lot of visualisation in my mind in general.
I don’t visualise any math equarions at all. I see the equation. And then just calculate it in my head as abstract values, not connected to any visualization. For bigger stuff than 10x10 (I’m honestly grateful my teachers made us learn those by heart), I have to divide it into smaller parts, e.g. 16 x 7 would be 7 x 10 + 7 x 6. Of course at a certain point I’m not able to do that any more. For me its more connected to my inner narrator, I need to “talk” through the equation.
I wonder if how you were educated influences your ability to visualize things? For me I can almost hear the beads clack into place when I’m doing it in my head.
Is just teaching kids to memorize it by rote just kind of normal for most kids?
Tbf that’s kinda what an abacus does for you. So you might actually do pretty well using one of you ever wanted to learn.
Probably, but the first steps of teaching math involved very much the use of visualisation, as it was taught with “3 apples and now we have 2 more” or for multiplication “3 rows of 5 apples”. But I’m maybe not a good example. Because I have aphantasia also with reading. I don’t have a picture in my mind while reading a description of a person or a location and others very much have one.
For this absolutely basic stuff? Yes. Or at least they try. No idea how good it is in general, but for me it worked as intended. I’m not a friend of learning by heart for many things, but these small mental calculations that happen a lot in my line of work, I’m glad to be able to do them without needing some mental process and can just put the answer down quickly and even if I’m stressed.