It is aimed at the least intelligent, all advanced classes don't use common core once they enter middle school. The reason the parents don't understand it is the way the questions are worded make zero sense. If you weren't in class to hear the strange instructions you could never figure a lot of it out. And the instructions are never on the homework.
. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:31 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Habit and training > On May 20, 2014 2:44 PM, "Zaphod Beeblebrox" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > If it's aimed at the least intelligent, why are all these parents having > > trouble understanding it then? > > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:09 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > In a lot of ways it seems like it's aimed at the slowest learners and > > least > > > intelligent, what happens to the best and brightest. > > > On May 20, 2014 2:06 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:370318 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
