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New analogue clocks are still widely sold and used. Some use Roman numerals, while others use Arabic numerals and still others just use dots or other symbols. Some clocks don't even show numbers, just two hands which move around the clock face.
Personally, I feel that I am more productive using an analogue clock, as I can much more easily visualize the movement of time, such as "time remaining" or "time that has passed" with an analogue clock.
One of my analogue clocks is very similar to this one:
New analogue clocks are still widely sold and used. Some use Roman numerals, while others use Arabic numerals and still others just use dots or other symbols. Some clocks don't even show numbers, just two hands which move around the clock face.
Personally, I feel that I am more productive using an analogue clock, as I can much more easily visualize the movement of time, such as "time remaining" or "time that has passed" with an analogue clock.
One of my analogue clocks is very similar to this one:
Not understanding a quarter till or a quarter after is a bit mind-boggling to me however. You can live your whole life only looking at digital readouts of time and perfectly understand the concept of 15 minutes so who knows what was going on there!
Maybe the visual aspect of a circular clock, and the minute hand "dividing" the circle at the 30-minute mark, encouraged people in the past to think in terms of halves and quarters.
And 99.99% of American kids can't tell time with a Sundial. Who cares? Times are changing. Technology is changing. Holding on to the past is not possible.
But first you have to know that there are 60 minutes in an hour.
And then know that a 'quarter' is 1/4.
And then know the answer to 60 divided by 1/4.
Thank you. The students I work with do not, for example, know that inches on a ruler are divided into halves, quarters, etc., and do no know the inch side from the mm/cm side. They do NOT know what an INCH is!
They also don’t know that a ‘foot’ is 12 inches or that there are 12 inches on a ruler...I told the math teacher in a different school district last year that there needed to be a Measurement Boot Camp for all students before middle school and lo and behold this new school district needs one as well...
But, they are learning it from me. Wish me luck. There are only 3 weeks of school left...
And 99.99% of American kids can't tell time with a Sundial. Who cares? Times are changing. Technology is changing. Holding on to the past is not possible.
Thank you. The students I work with do not, for example, know that inches on a ruler are divided into halves, quarters, etc., and do no know the inch side from the mm/cm side. They do NOT know what an INCH is!
They also don’t know that a ‘foot’ is 12 inches or that there are 12 inches on a ruler...I told the math teacher in a different school district last year that there needed to be a Measurement Boot Camp for all students before middle school and lo and behold this new school district needs one as well...
But, they are learning it from me. Wish me luck. There are only 3 weeks of school left...
Seems like a problem in your area.
My school district teachers all those things. We are working on measurement right now. My students already knew how many inches are in a feet, how many feet in a yard, how many yards are in a mile, and also how many feet are in a mile. They could also tell you how many inches are in a mile, but I don't know if any of them have it memorized, they'd have to do some math for that one.
They also know how to tell time. Sometimes I wish they didn't, as they like to remind me of the time frequently throughout the day.
Thank you. The students I work with do not, for example, know that inches on a ruler are divided into halves, quarters, etc., and do no know the inch side from the mm/cm side. They do NOT know what an INCH is!
They also don’t know that a ‘foot’ is 12 inches or that there are 12 inches on a ruler...I told the math teacher in a different school district last year that there needed to be a Measurement Boot Camp for all students before middle school and lo and behold this new school district needs one as well...
But, they are learning it from me. Wish me luck. There are only 3 weeks of school left...
Well before you get that measurement boot camp off the ground the US should adopt the metric system
I think I can tell time more quickly by just looking at a clock than by reading numbers like 12.03. It's easier for me and faster to just see the configuration, the shape, where the hands are.
A few years ago I took a cruise and asked what time dinner was. I asked if I could arrive at quarter to one. The hostess had no idea of what I was talking about. Finally I said, "Fifteen minutes before one" and she understood. When you use a regular clock, you visualize those halves and quarters--a quick reaction. Not using a clock, we have to tell them the actual number and they sort of have to think about it.
Technology changes everything over time. At some time a clock will just be a historical curiosity as odd as a sundial.
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