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Are your referring to Eureka Math? (What is usually incorrectly called "Common Core") New Math is from the 1950s-1970s and almost entirely abandonesld except f

by hgsgm 4y ago

Are your referring to Eureka Math? (What is usually incorrectly called "Common Core") New Math is from the 1950s-1970s and almost entirely abandonesld except for some gifted/enrichment programs. Wikipedia says: > Topics introduced in the New Math include set theory, modular arithmetic, algebraic inequalities, bases other than 10, matrices, symbolic logic, Boolean algebra, and abstract algebra. Eureka/Engage is a very watered down version of that (but still decent.)

mattmaroon 4y ago
Probably, yes.
dylan604 4y ago
>bases other than 10, i had forgotten just how impressionable kids can be, especially when they really want to be. i "argued" with my buddy's oldest (a 5th grader) about "1 + 1 = 10". after a few rounds of nuh-uh, yes-huh, i gave a very rough explanation and ending with "in binary". until a few days later, buddy asks me to not be so cavalier with the challenging of the maths. apparently, his daughter had challenged her teacher with 1+1=10, and after a brief back and forth, she stipulated "in binary" to her teacher. the teacher being very young and not familiar with binary, sent the poor kid to the principal's office.
btilly 4y ago
Are your referring to Eureka Math? (What is usually incorrectly called "Common Core") Eureka Math is produced by Great Minds. Until 2015, they were called Common Core Inc. In fact they predated the Common Core Standard, and were sufficiently influential in the creation of the standard that the standard was effectively named after them. Therefore calling it Common Core IS historically correct. Furthermore I have a strong distaste for their attempt to rebrand themselves to distance themselves from the failures that they were instrumental in creating in the first place. Again I direct you to https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/a-great-minds-common-core-inc-history-eureka-math-wit-wisdom-and-more/ https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/a-great-minds-com... to see more tidbits about their history.

by hgsgm 4y ago

mattmaroon 4y ago

Probably, yes.

dylan604 4y ago

>bases other than 10, i had forgotten just how impressionable kids can be, especially when they really want to be. i "argued" with my buddy's oldest (a 5th grader) about "1 + 1 = 10". after a few rounds of nuh-uh, yes-huh, i gave a very rough explanation and ending with "in binary". until a few days later, buddy asks me to not be so cavalier with the challenging of the maths. apparently, his daughter had challenged her teacher with 1+1=10, and after a brief back and forth, she stipulated "in binary" to her teacher. the teacher being very young and not familiar with binary, sent the poor kid to the principal's office.

btilly 4y ago

Are your referring to Eureka Math? (What is usually incorrectly called "Common Core") Eureka Math is produced by Great Minds. Until 2015, they were called Common Core Inc. In fact they predated the Common Core Standard, and were sufficiently influential in the creation of the standard that the standard was effectively named after them. Therefore calling it Common Core IS historically correct. Furthermore I have a strong distaste for their attempt to rebrand themselves to distance themselves from the failures that they were instrumental in creating in the first place. Again I direct you to https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/a-great-minds-common-core-inc-history-eureka-math-wit-wisdom-and-more/ https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/a-great-minds-com... to see more tidbits about their history.