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Education

HassleCat

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1. "I can't understand it, so it's no good."

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 02:25 PM

Sep 2015

As far as I can tell, from looking at my friends' kids' homework, it attempts to teach math about three different ways. This is because different people learn in different ways, so it makes sense, but it's confusing to parents who received the One Right Way sort of education.

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Parents who criticize "Common Core math" ... are actually showing that we NEED Common Core [View all] Dr. Strange Sep 2015 OP

"I can't understand it, so it's no good." HassleCat Sep 2015 #1

It can also be confusing for the kids. Igel Sep 2015 #2