Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373840/ten-dumbest-common-core-problems-alec-torres

Here you go. I know, I know--it's not the standards!

From OP - geesh, wasn't trying to spark a debate about CC. Calm down people. Just noticing that math problems are poorly worded and hard to interpret sometimes. The link above shows good examples of all I was posting about.

I had math problems that were poorly worded and hard to interpret sometimes, and that was in the 1970s. Maybe it was a retroactive effect of the Common Core standards.

I spilled my coffee this morning. Obviously the fault of Common Core.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373840/ten-dumbest-common-core-problems-alec-torres

Here you go. I know, I know--it's not the standards!

From OP - geesh, wasn't trying to spark a debate about CC. Calm down people. Just noticing that math problems are poorly worded and hard to interpret sometimes. The link above shows good examples of all I was posting about.

Just think of it this way... it's a lesson in real life.. there are poorly written emails, letters, requirement docs, etc.. that adults have to try to decipher. If we don't understand something, we ask.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373840/ten-dumbest-common-core-problems-alec-torres

Here you go. I know, I know--it's not the standards!

From OP - geesh, wasn't trying to spark a debate about CC. Calm down people. Just noticing that math problems are poorly worded and hard to interpret sometimes. The link above shows good examples of all I was posting about.

I had math problems that were poorly worded and hard to interpret sometimes, and that was in the 1970s. Maybe it was a retroactive effect of the Common Core standards.

Anonymous wrote:http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373840/ten-dumbest-common-core-problems-alec-torres

Here you go. I know, I know--it's not the standards!

From OP - geesh, wasn't trying to spark a debate about CC. Calm down people. Just noticing that math problems are poorly worded and hard to interpret sometimes. The link above shows good examples of all I was posting about.

Anonymous wrote:http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373840/ten-dumbest-common-core-problems-alec-torres

Here you go. I know, I know--it's not the standards!

Other than the one with fractions (where there is no shaded area), I don't think these problems are confusing. Is it a bit different than before, sure, but I don't understand the big controversy. I think what happened is that the teachers are very inadequately prepared and there are no textbooks for the parents to refer to. The bottom line, the generation with the elementary school aged kids are bad at math.

I do think some of the these questions are worded a bit awkwardly and some of the steps are unnecessary (color +1 with blues). Singapore Math uses very similar problems without any of these problems.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373840/ten-dumbest-common-core-problems-alec-torres

Here you go. I know, I know--it's not the standards!

Eight pages, not a single confusing word problem example. Good job, OP. You surely know how to generate debates.

Second false premise: Common Core standards were written by objective "experts". They leave out the part that they have close connections with publishing companies.

First false premise: Lack of common standards is a problem in US education. I have yet to see documentation that this is a root cause of problems.

if the problem is the publishing companies, why would you want them writing the Common Core standards?

Anonymous wrote:

Getting rid of the Common Core standards will do nothing to fix that problem.

Suggest you take a course in logic. Faulty premise= faulty conclusion

Could you explain, please? If the problem is the publishing companies, how will getting rid of the Common Core standards fix the problem?

Getting rid of the Common Core standards will do nothing to fix that problem.

Suggest you take a course in logic. Faulty premise= faulty conclusion