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in which I rant about Common Core a bit
Jan. 14th, 2021 09:12 pmSo Firefox/Pocket recommended me this article on the "New New Math" [Common Core] vs. the Old Math, and this reminded me I have been meaning to rant about this since the summer. Apparently ranting about pedagogy is a thing I do now? :P
Anyone in the US who has a child of school age is well aware that the US has recently revamped its elementary math pedagogy system and (more slowly) the curriculum to something called "Common Core." In principle I think is a great idea! Common Core emphasizes having a deeper understanding of the mathematical concepts instead of rote memorizing of equations and algorithms for doing specific calculations.
Until I had a child go through this, my chief issue with it was that teacher training and curriculum were not keeping up with the reforms, so that it was and is often implemented poorly. To be fair this is still often a major issue with Common Core. But I thought it was a great idea when implemented correctly! What's not to love about having a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts??
( Well, I'll tell you. )
Anyone in the US who has a child of school age is well aware that the US has recently revamped its elementary math pedagogy system and (more slowly) the curriculum to something called "Common Core." In principle I think is a great idea! Common Core emphasizes having a deeper understanding of the mathematical concepts instead of rote memorizing of equations and algorithms for doing specific calculations.
Until I had a child go through this, my chief issue with it was that teacher training and curriculum were not keeping up with the reforms, so that it was and is often implemented poorly. To be fair this is still often a major issue with Common Core. But I thought it was a great idea when implemented correctly! What's not to love about having a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts??
( Well, I'll tell you. )
