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Your second link never says the last two quotes. In fact, seems to me to support showing your work > Today, getting the correct answer to a math problem is sti
by iudqnolq 5y ago
Your second link never says the last two quotes. In fact, seems to me to support showing your work
> Today, getting the correct answer to a math problem is still important. But teachers are also showing students that being “good at math” means applying that correct answer in service of a larger goal ...
> In math classes, an answer becomes a launching point for conversations about how and why people solved the problem in different ways. As we expand our understandings, teachers often welcome the problem-solving strategies that students bring from their homes and cultures in addition to familiar formal U.S. strategies. This means teachers must make space for students to explore why solutions work.
> To accomplish this, we encourage teachers to focus on math problems that invite curiosity and discussion ...
- skyde 5y agoQuote are from the first link only. I agree second link does not seem as bad. If the goal is on letting the students use a different (procedure/algorithm) that they learned a home instead of using the common core algorithm then I support it 100%