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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you claiming problem solving and critical thinking is somehow new in this decade?  Nonsense, math is about problem solving and criticial thinking.  As this applies to elementary school math there have been no changes or new paradigms for 101 years.  What has changed (and for the worse) is the competence of elementary school math teachers and the increasing aversion and phobia our students have for the subject.  And administrators and educators that limit access of students to math concepts based solely on an arbitrary grade level or age are incompetent.  They should not be teaching children (with limitless academic potential) rather geriatric subjects with dwindling and extinguishing fire. [/quote]

Actually, what is changing is that 2.0 is making sure Snowflake is actually engaging in critical thinking rather than spitting out an answer because she knows how to compute according to an algorithm.   The problem with the old standards is that the system only cared that Snowflake could get to an answer, but not understand the "why" of how that answer is the right answer.  In higher math at the real college level that underlies engineering and science, the student is served much better if she understands "why" numbers work the way they do, rather than just acting like a human calculator.   The problem is that Snowflake's older brother hit differential equations in college and couldn't do it because he could only spit out answers via an algorithm he memorized.  There's been at least a decade and a half at the current curriculum that has demonstrated this.  (see earlier post by spouse of university professor).

BTW, I am the parent of the average second grader that posted above about Common Core.

FYI, there is not a replacement for the MSA yet, but there are formative assessments for the end of each unit that has been rolled out in 2.0.  Snowflake has the opportunity to show how much she has mastered.  [/quote]

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