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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Another Ph.D. who earns her living from math here -- disregard this PP. If you can't explain the concept, that means you don't really understand the concept. And, as the MCPS-teacher PP says, you don't have to write "3 explanatory sentences". There are lots of different ways to explain it.[/quote]

Sorry, we're a two Ph. D household and I agree with the earlier poster. This is bad and a perfect example of why the US ranks so low in math compared to other countries. If you have county level education majors who do not understand math writing the math curriculum, you end up with language curriculum not math. They really do not understand the subject and can only translate it in terms that they can comprehend. Its a mess.

At our school in the 3rd grade, the kids are not given the option to use pictures, formulas, or diagrams to explain the answer. The worksheets and assessments ask the student to explain it and gives them several lines (clearing indicating text and sentences). The kicker is that the teacher corrects the spelling, grammar, and punctuation! [/quote]

OK. At our MCPS school (in the US) in 2nd grade, the kids ARE given the option to use pictures, formulas, or diagrams. As the teacher who teaches at MCPS (in the US) says.

Do you disagree with the idea that if you can't explain the concept, you don't understand the concept?[/quote]

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