%0 Journal Article
%T The "Parrot Math" Attack on Memorization
%A Bill Quirk
%J Nonpartisan Education Review
%D 2013
%I 
%X Constructivist math educators regularly cite Parrot Math by Thomas C. O'Brien. Although this paper promotes constructivist "activity-based" learning over direct instruction, it's primary claim to fame is the open hostility to memorization. Professor O'Brien rejects "memorization and parrot-like drill " in favor of "children's invented strategies." He references a paper by Kamii and Dominick as evidence of "considerable research" showing that mastery of the standard algorithms of arithmetic is harmful for children. [See The Bogus Research in Kamii and Dominick's Harmful Algorithms Papers]
%K mathematics
%K math education
%K memorization
%K constructivism
%K algorithms
%K United States
%U http://www.nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Reviews/v9n1.html