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Check out Khan Academy—it is an exceptional way to learn math. Far better than that Common Core nonsense.
by mechnesium 6y ago
Check out Khan Academy—it is an exceptional way to learn math. Far better than that Common Core nonsense.
- jdale27 6y agoFWIW, 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 agoExactly! I don’t have an issue with the Common Core material, but the methods are how you described—bizarre.
- andrepd 6y agoWhat exactly do you have against common core?
- Jtsummers 6y agoMany 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 agoMostly 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.