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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]because it forces the kid to really think and not just memorize and regurgitate answers[/quote]

Because it has forced kids to go around in circles to get to answers that they already understand.  Busy work and a waste of time.[/quote]

They know that 2+2 = 4, but having them explain why the answer is 4, or that there are other ways to make 4 is not busy work, but rather making the kid think. Being able to explain your answer is not busy work. It's a necessary skill.

Yes, I know, for SN kids, this is a challenge.  Doesn't mean the rest of the kids shouldn't be required to do this.[/quote]

I have a math phd. I just get math and see its patterns long before I can explain it. The "explain your work" can kill creativity.  My DD is very verbal and this method helps her since she can step herself through things.  My son, on the other hand, who can "see" patterns can't always explain them but is almost always right.  As he is figuring this stuff out, it is absolutely not ok to penalize him for not being able to describe his processes.  [/quote]

Yes! Common Core is a thought straitjacket. It requires all children to learn the same things in the same ways and express them in exactly the same ways.

It's interesting -- and sad and frightening -- to hear those from China say it's very similar to the Chinese system.[b] No creative thought[/b], but hey, they're good test takers!

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I think CC is opposite of "no creative thought".  Previous teaching methods were all rote - that is no creative thought.

CC requires *a lot * of thought, and some would say, too much for simple problems.  And this may surely be the case, but CC standards are far from "no creative thought".

And how was the previous curriculum so creative?  Didn't all the kids have to meet the same standards back then, too?  Pass the same tests?  In the previous curriculum, when they all learned 2+2 = 4, didn't they all express it the same way?  Actually, in CC standards, you can express 2+2 in different ways... in my DC's class, DC can show 2+2 with numbers, pictures, graphs.  That is more creative than just writing 2+2=4.[/quote]

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