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		chrismealy on Feb 18, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math (2014) The author is not wrong to emphasize the fundamental necessity of drilling, but in her article it sounds like she, having memorized basic facts (in Russian and math), ultimately achieved fluency through play.

meesterdude on Feb 18, 2017 [–]

That was my takeaway as well. The author played with the equation f=ma, and understood it inside and out in various scenarios.

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