Education

Dr. Strange

(26,058 posts) Wed Sep 23, 2015, 03:11 PM Sep 2015

Parents who criticize "Common Core math" ... are actually showing that we NEED Common Core

Good tweet: https://twitter.com/ottensam/status/646447380431159296

that links to a good article: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/09/21/the-dad-who-wrote-a-check-using-common-core-math-doesnt-know-what-hes-talking-about/

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Parents who criticize "Common Core math" ... are actually showing that we NEED Common Core (Original Post) Dr. Strange Sep 2015 OP

"I can't understand it, so it's no good." HassleCat Sep 2015 #1

It can also be confusing for the kids. Igel Sep 2015 #2

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)

1. "I can't understand it, so it's no good."

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 03:25 PM

Sep 2015

As far as I can tell, from looking at my friends' kids' homework, it attempts to teach math about three different ways. This is because different people learn in different ways, so it makes sense, but it's confusing to parents who received the One Right Way sort of education.

Igel

(37,614 posts)

2. It can also be confusing for the kids.

Reply to HassleCat (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 09:04 PM

Sep 2015

Who get to learn it and be tested over it a number of different ways.

If they got it, they should skip ahead. If they didn't, they should go to the next method without penalty. Sort of a really, really heinous problem in differentiation by parts.

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