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[quote=Anonymous]For the pp.'s who believe that 2.0 math is more challenging than the old curriculum:  can you give me an example?  I have an older child who's only had the old curriculum and has gotten an amazing math education.  I have a 4th grader who's started with the old curriculum and now has 2.0 (including, yes, the awkwardly rolled-out 3rd grade repeated math year last year).

My older child has learned so much and has a great understanding of concepts as well and the mechanics of math.  My younger child gets very simplistic calculations followed by esoteric questions.  An example from recent homework:  Step 1: What is 1/3 plus 1/3.  (Simple, but fine.)  Step 2: Why?   (Esoteric and are you kidding?).  I sent the question to my mathematics phd/nuclear physicist brother who sent me a message back telling me to run away from that math curriculum.

I would like to see the other side of this argument, really I would.  However, I simply don't see how asking 4th graders "why" facts are facts leads to any deeper understanding.  Seems to me that it simply tries to make objective math into a subjective discussion.  I'm not convinced that this actually leads to better understanding in kids this age. [/quote]

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