Reply to Eureka math. Is it the right way to learn math?

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Eureka math. Is it the right way to learn math? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does the teacher at least mark answers as correct regardless of how a student reached the answer? Best practice is not to get too hung up on the way students solve problems, but to make sure they know at least one way to do it. If the teacher is marking questions wrong for not doing it a particular way, then the teacher is not engaging properly with the curriculum.

Eureka is a curriculum that shows kids lots of ways to do arithmetic problems, lots of ways to think about what an operation means, which is confounding for some parents (and frankly some teachers too.) Most elementary math curricula do this too, including the popular homeschooling curricula, so it's not just Eureka that would be frustrating to OP. It is wholly unnecessary to get a tutor for elementary school baby math just because the school teaches a few "odd" ways of solving problems. OP can watch a few YT videos, or simply teach their child their own way of doing arithmetic. [/quote]
The curriculum requires that the kid learn and use all the methods; later, it allows the kid to use whatever method works best for them.  The point is to develop the deep number sense first.  Get a tutor who understands the Eureka system and terminology.  Watch the videos.  Use Zearn, if available, as it's keyed to Eureka.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics