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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]2.0 is MPCS's curriculum to meet Common Core standards. CC standards for math seeks to push critical thinking and reasoning rather than just rote memorization. How 2.0 math achieves these standards has been very controversial, well, so has CC in general. Personally, I think some of the push for critical thinking and reasoning in math is good. Some of the ways it's been executed is bad, but this seems to be school and/or teacher specific as well.[/quote]

Just threw up……

OP this is the PR bull shit that MCPS and a few dumber than dumb parents who just parrot whatever MCPS says will tell you. 2.0 math is a disaster. Your child is probably struggling because its a mixed up shit bag of stupidity. Its terribly confusing for kids that aren't super math oriented because it presents math in no logical order repeats very easy problems over and over again but expects the students to go through very unintuitive, cumbersome, and illogical processes for that type of problem. [b]The kids must follow the teacher step by step and remember all the ridiculous steps[/b] because their are either no instructions on the homework sheet or very vague ones.

OP for second grade you could try a math after school activity, Mathnasium or even Kumon. MCPS types love to bash Kumon but for kids who struggle having a strong foundation in the basics and understanding the relationship between those equations is very helpful. [/quote]

The way math was taught pre-2.0 was a lot of rote memorization as well, following the teachers step by step instructions.  Yes, there are more steps in 2.0 math because it is trying to show that there are many ways to do math.  Kumon math is just regurgitation as well - worksheet after worksheet.  A kid might be so much more advanced using Kumon because they will be able to do multiplication by 1st grade, but most kids that are pushed to advance will not have the numeracy, and may be missing basic math understanding.

I am some what new to this area, and I was curious what people (on this forum at least) thought about math pre 2.0.  So, I looked at the very old posts (2009-2010) about math in MCPS.  There were *a lot* of posts about how math in MCPS was a disaster back then - "a mile wide and an inch thick" was the running theme.  2.0, I believe, is trying to address that problem.  The curriculum, in ES at least, goes over less subject matter but goes much more in-depth.

I'm not saying 2.0 math is perfect.  I stated, as have many parents, including some that are in the STEM field, feel that 2.0 math has some good points.  The curriculum is not perfect, and the execution less so.  But it is new, to both teachers and parents alike.  And it doesn't help that some ES teachers are weak in math to begin with (a product of the old way of teaching math).   Yes, there is a huge learning curve and growth pains.  Unfortunately, our kids are the guinea pigs.

It's interesting to me that some people think that anyone who thinks there are good points to 2.0 math is "dumber than dumb".  Let me guess, you are a lawyer who thinks you know better than anyone, including people who are in STEM.

So vomit away, but make sure you drink lots of water.[/quote]

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