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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, if I had learned from the ground floor that there were lots of different ways to slice math problems, not all--but some--of which involve memorization, I might have been much more comfortable with math, and not have math anxiety as an adult. I'm very smart, but in other ways. And, yes, I did take calc AB in 11th grade, but had terrible anxiety about it.

This seems to me one of the points that people who argue against this thing don't (or can't) understand: people learn in different ways. Curricula built on Common Core strive to have children learn lots of different techniques--some using manipulatives, some using pictures, some using words or rote memorization--to give them the skills needed to figure out the best tactics later down the road.

FWIW, I had no problem with the directions on any of the worksheets posted here. And I think kids with these foundational skills will be able to use them later in harder more traditional math to answer problems quickly without anxiety. [/quote]

Actually Common Core focuses heavily on language, putting all language impaired children at terrible disadvantage. I don't know one child doing well with these "standards" in special education. [/quote]

I agree with this.  PP from above whose DS didn't understand the word "between."  Math is actually one of his strengths, but when it becomes language heavy, he becomes impaired at that as well.  A double whammy.

The language of math, even in word problems, is actually not that difficult.  But for these children--really for all children--success requires the language to be very clear and precise.  And what OP has shown is that many of the materials being passed off as CC fail utterly in the language department.

It would also help if those teaching it were explicitly made aware of language blocks many children may encounter in the way math is presented and be given effective strategies for dealing with it, a la the knife, spoon, fork exercise I described above.

I found Saxon math really good at this and by supplementing my DS with that at home I was able to help him enormously.  But it was a lot to do with a child already tired from school and regular homework.[/quote]

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