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In reply to the discussion: About That ‘Common Core’ Math Problem Making the Facebook Rounds [View all]hollysmom
(5,946 posts)It is a blessing and a curse. I tend to do math in my head and don't like to wrote out answers because my hands cramp. I used to have terrible math grades because teachers thought I was cheating. Anything in school that required a lot of writing was hard and I was considered a slow student. Until I started out performing the better students with right answers when those around me were wrong.
This is reminiscent of the "new math" of the 60's. It may be how one person thinks and it can be justified, but it is not how all people think. expecting all people to use the same method instead of teaching choices, is stifling. I remember coming home from college and looking at my younger brothers grammar school math and seeing vector theory. I taught him another way of doing it, but told him his teacher wanted to see this method, so first get the answer then work backwards to give them this answer. I think a lot of people get messed up in math in those days, my brother did very well though.
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