Both those references are pretty alarmist. Here is what they cite. While I may be too old and biased for their wokeness, they raise some very valid points. IMHO the focus of learning math should be on understanding math and we are doing a whole lot better at that now then when I was in school.
As to the original point about "correct answers", it seems that this a misconstrued interpretation of the focus on divergent thinking. Give me three equations that equal 30 does have multiple correct answers and is a much better question then what is 10 times 3. https://equitablemath.org/ https://sites.google.com/view/pathwaytoequity2021/micro-course?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:48 AM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/oregon-math-course-racism-white-supremacy-teachers > https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-education-math-white-supremacy > > *From:* Carl Peterson > *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2021 10:18 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT possibly political > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > 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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