Not sure of your source but I think you misunderstand. https://www.mathnasium.com/littleton-news-when-one-correct-math-answer-is-not-enough
"Reframing the above problem to encourage divergent thinking might look something like this: “Find the sum of 32 + 5 and then create more equations that have the same sum.” Theoretically, someone could keep thinking about this problem forever and generate infinite correct answers." On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 10:32 AM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote: > Just read of a push to teach a “new math” the encourages multiple “correct > answers” to math problems and eliminates “show your work”. Supposedly > cleanses math teaching from institutional racism. > > OK, irrespective of your genetics, heritage, cultural backgropund and > gender choices, if I tell an employee to go read the sequentials off of a > reel of cable and tell me how much is left, they better get one frigging > answer, the one and only correct answer. > > So I am an old fat entitled unwoke white guy. By some accounts > automatically racist. I don’t feel that way, but again I am unwoke > (whatever in the hell that means) so I wouldn’t know. > > I simply don’t get how getting the one and only right answer in math class > is institutional racism. Can you imagine someone that came up through > schools that allow this trying to get into an engineering program? Now who > is suppressing whom... > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
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