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My son is struggling with middle school zoom math courses. I hope he doesn't suffer in the long term because of it.

polka_haunts_us 6y ago
A relative works at the Community College level of public education, and generally during economic downturns they prosper because a lot of people go back to school for qualifications, but they were telling me this year a lot of their math classes (remote only) had low enrollment while other STEM classes were normal or up. I can only assume that's because a lot of people just cannot handle learning math remotely for whatever reason.
mechnesium 6y ago
Check out Khan Academy—it is an exceptional way to learn math. Far better than that Common Core nonsense.
- jdale27 6y ago
  FWIW, Khan Academy is pretty well aligned with Common Core, at least in terms of material covered: https://www.khanacademy.org/commoncore/map https://www.khanacademy.org/commoncore/map I think a lot of what people complain about with Common Core is bizarrely written school materials that were developed by some bureaucracy and don't make a whit of sense to an adult who already knows the skill, let alone to a kid. Khan Academy definitely does better on that count in my opinion, so it's a good supplement.
  - mechnesium 6y ago
    Exactly! I don’t have an issue with the Common Core material, but the methods are how you described—bizarre.
- andrepd 6y ago
  What exactly do you have against common core?
  - Jtsummers 6y ago
    Many people have conflated Common Core (a set of objectives of what should be learned and by when, generally pretty good) with the materials that came out to support it from textbook publishers and others (pretty shitty).
  - mechnesium 6y ago
    Mostly the mathematical methods that I’ve seen mandated by common core, such as area model multiplication and decomposition addition. I think it’s completely confusing kids, slowing them down, and crippling their analytical skills.
- threatofrain 6y ago
  > Far better than that Common Core nonsense. You should check out Khan Academy because it's well aligned to the Common Core. The general effect of the CA Common Core was advance the math curriculum by about 6 months.

A relative works at the Community College level of public education, and generally during economic downturns they prosper because a lot of people go back to school for qualifications, but they were telling me this year a lot of their math classes (remote only) had low enrollment while other STEM classes were normal or up. I can only assume that's because a lot of people just cannot handle learning math remotely for whatever reason.

mechnesium 6y ago

Check out Khan Academy—it is an exceptional way to learn math. Far better than that Common Core nonsense.

jdale27 6y ago
FWIW, Khan Academy is pretty well aligned with Common Core, at least in terms of material covered: https://www.khanacademy.org/commoncore/map https://www.khanacademy.org/commoncore/map I think a lot of what people complain about with Common Core is bizarrely written school materials that were developed by some bureaucracy and don't make a whit of sense to an adult who already knows the skill, let alone to a kid. Khan Academy definitely does better on that count in my opinion, so it's a good supplement.
- mechnesium 6y ago
  Exactly! I don’t have an issue with the Common Core material, but the methods are how you described—bizarre.
andrepd 6y ago
What exactly do you have against common core?
- Jtsummers 6y ago
  Many people have conflated Common Core (a set of objectives of what should be learned and by when, generally pretty good) with the materials that came out to support it from textbook publishers and others (pretty shitty).
- mechnesium 6y ago
  Mostly the mathematical methods that I’ve seen mandated by common core, such as area model multiplication and decomposition addition. I think it’s completely confusing kids, slowing them down, and crippling their analytical skills.
threatofrain 6y ago
> Far better than that Common Core nonsense. You should check out Khan Academy because it's well aligned to the Common Core. The general effect of the CA Common Core was advance the math curriculum by about 6 months.