{"id":10230,"date":"2015-10-30T00:23:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T07:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=10230"},"modified":"2015-10-30T19:39:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T02:39:26","slug":"common-core-math-the-right-answer-is-wrong-the-wrong-answer-is-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2015\/10\/30\/common-core-math-the-right-answer-is-wrong-the-wrong-answer-is-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Core Math: The Right Answer is Wrong &#8211; The Wrong Answer is Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In this brave new world of mathematics, giving the correct answer is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickCanton\/status\/656475929305182213\" target=\"_blank\">punished<\/a>, and giving an incorrect answer is rewarded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can&#39;t believe that this stuff is real.&#10;&#10;I just can&#39;t.&#10;&#10;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CommonCore?src=hash\">#CommonCore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopCommonCore?src=hash\">#StopCommonCore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WakeUpAmerica?src=hash\">#WakeUpAmerica<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tcot?src=hash\">#tcot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PJNET?src=hash\">#PJNET<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rhUQ9HK3cg\">pic.twitter.com\/rhUQ9HK3cg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; #MakeDCListen\u2122(R-VA) (@RickCanton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickCanton\/status\/656475929305182213\">October 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It is not clear from the question that they wanted the student to &#8220;estimate&#8221; since &#8220;reasonable&#8221; does not mean &#8220;estimate&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The &#8220;point&#8221; of Common Core math is to <em>not<\/em> teach rote methods, but have children spontaneously grok the method.\u00a0 The problem is that magical insight is not taught, but simply a more distant wrote method is being pushed, with the result that it is actually harder to &#8220;grok&#8221; what is going on.\u00a0 For example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickCanton\">@RickCanton<\/a> Think that&#39;s bad? Look at our daughter&#39;s math homework for 46 x 2! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jBCprjck3H\">pic.twitter.com\/jBCprjck3H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u271e Andi \u271e (@Andimgrant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Andimgrant\/status\/656488928216752129\">October 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Andimgrant\">@Andimgrant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickCanton\">@RickCanton<\/a> Now multiply 234,889 x 637,856 using this method.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David C Foust (@foust_co) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foust_co\/status\/656494085738377216\">October 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foust_co\">@foust_co<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Andimgrant\">@Andimgrant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickCanton\">@RickCanton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i2m7N3dBuG\">pic.twitter.com\/i2m7N3dBuG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Huscoon (@Huscoon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Huscoon\/status\/656539624458842113\">October 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is still &#8220;going through the motions&#8221; in a far more complex and indirect method.\u00a0 It seems to kinda make sense to those who already understand what is going on, but a kid would at best be able to go through the motions without ever groking it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/common-core-estimate.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"common core estimate\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/common-core-estimate.jpg 599w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/common-core-estimate-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><br \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Common Core Math: The Right Answer is Wrong - The Wrong Answer is Right\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In this brave new world of mathematics, giving the correct answer is punished, and giving an incorrect answer is rewarded.\"><meta name=\"twitter:image:src\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/common-core-estimate.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In this brave new world of mathematics, giving the correct answer is punished, and giving an incorrect answer is rewarded. 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