When Common Core math came out and people were up in arms against it, I wanted to know what the big deal was. I researched it, read that it makes mental math easier, and deciding to learn/practice it myself.
I understand the parents who struggled to help kids with their homework, since they weren’t taught the same way and if you’re just thrown into it, it’s hard to figure out. Though how it turned into this big hullabaloo was an extreme reaction. Mental math has become very easy for me since learning it, which makes me think many of us missed out on a method that could’ve helped us a lot.
So, no, I don’t struggle with math. What I struggle with is the confidence to believe I’ve come to the right answer. I usually do math calculations more than once because I doubt myself. My first college mathematics professor gave me a reality check about it once, as he was getting frustrated that I wouldn’t put my hand up even though he knew I had figured out the answers. I can still see him standing there, going, “Come on, Whats_your_reasoning, I know you’ve got it. What’s the answer? Just say it!”
Common Core everything in general is pretty solid. You know how people like to complain about critical thinking not being taught in schools? Well CC English classes at the end of HS are all goals like finding textual evidence to support an opinion, or distinguishing between stated text and actual meaning (vis a vis satire, irony, etc).
The real problem is underfunded schools not having the resources to address student needs, not the teaching aims themselves. Imagine if every classroom maxed out at 15 students, just for one simple thing we could do to start fixing shit.
Yeah I remember looking into it back when people were freaking out, and I realized that it was basically how I taught myself to do mental math like 30 years ago.
Did they ultimately get rid of Common Core? Or did people finally just shut up about it?
Many states adopted their own standards instead of the Common Core, likely because of the political backlash. Most that I’ve seen are 90% CC with some state-specific requirements for things like history.
When Common Core math came out and people were up in arms against it, I wanted to know what the big deal was. I researched it, read that it makes mental math easier, and deciding to learn/practice it myself.
I understand the parents who struggled to help kids with their homework, since they weren’t taught the same way and if you’re just thrown into it, it’s hard to figure out. Though how it turned into this big hullabaloo was an extreme reaction. Mental math has become very easy for me since learning it, which makes me think many of us missed out on a method that could’ve helped us a lot.
So, no, I don’t struggle with math. What I struggle with is the confidence to believe I’ve come to the right answer. I usually do math calculations more than once because I doubt myself. My first college mathematics professor gave me a reality check about it once, as he was getting frustrated that I wouldn’t put my hand up even though he knew I had figured out the answers. I can still see him standing there, going, “Come on, Whats_your_reasoning, I know you’ve got it. What’s the answer? Just say it!”
Common Core everything in general is pretty solid. You know how people like to complain about critical thinking not being taught in schools? Well CC English classes at the end of HS are all goals like finding textual evidence to support an opinion, or distinguishing between stated text and actual meaning (vis a vis satire, irony, etc).
The real problem is underfunded schools not having the resources to address student needs, not the teaching aims themselves. Imagine if every classroom maxed out at 15 students, just for one simple thing we could do to start fixing shit.
Here are CC standards for 11-12 grade reading and writing
https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/11-12/
https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/11-12/
Yeah I remember looking into it back when people were freaking out, and I realized that it was basically how I taught myself to do mental math like 30 years ago.
Did they ultimately get rid of Common Core? Or did people finally just shut up about it?
Many states adopted their own standards instead of the Common Core, likely because of the political backlash. Most that I’ve seen are 90% CC with some state-specific requirements for things like history.