Yeah i've seen those viral examples. Proponents say that when specific examples are taken by themselves, without the context of the instructions on how they should be interpreted, they are going to look ridiculous. (Show a piece of C# code to a novice and they'll say 'that's what you do all day? Looks like pig latin.') So i try not to put much stock in them.
The proponents say it actually puts the thinking back into math. And they claim to have studies to back it up. I too wish you had a specific example to show. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > The way they were teaching is when you add over three numbers, you use a > scratch sheet and add all the numbers that are close to ten, then add them > together. You needed a worksheet to add rather than just adding down in a > column and doing math in your head. I've read it takes the thinking out of > math so students don't actually learn how to add numbers in their head. I > wish I had an example to show. > > This example went viral awhile back: > > > http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/24/youve-just-got-to-see-what-a-frustrated-parent-wrote-on-their-childs-common-core-math-assignment/ > > There are many others if you search. > > . > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:49 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'll skip the rest of your junk and get to the only thing of > > importance..... > > > > > > Aha! Practical experience! Please tell me why you think it's a joke. What > > parts of it do you think make it less effective in teaching children > > mathematics? > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370269 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
