The viral example works. It's not taken out of context. It's just stupid. .
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:11 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:370273 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
