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Anonymous wrote:The Eureka way is dumb imo. My dad who taught college math for over 40 years (still teaching!) asked why are they teaching simple arithmetic this way?

People who teach college math are the LAST people to consult about teaching math to elementary-school students imo.

Or, the FIRST because they see all the pitfalls that lead to math deficiency down the line!

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Anonymous wrote:The Eureka way is dumb imo. My dad who taught college math for over 40 years (still teaching!) asked why are they teaching simple arithmetic this way?

People who teach college math are the LAST people to consult about teaching math to elementary-school students imo.

Kids need to learn the basics like math facts. We had to teach them at home. The strategies are worthless come Algebra.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, basic math understanding means that you should be able to recall your way of getting the right answer, then work backwards from that to figure out the teacher's way, and then explain the teacher's way to your kid (and also your way, because the more they understand that there are different ways of getting to the answer, the better it is for logical reasoning).

At least, this is what I've always done. My kids are older teens now, and went the advanced math track route.

-research scientist.

“Research scientist” is quickly becoming a famous DCUM poster.

Really? NIH, Children's Hospital, various local universities, the biotech corridor... all right there, PP. There are several of us.

There are lots of people who are research scientists. I don't think there are a lot of people who post on DCUM and sign their posts "-research scientist."

"-research scientist" was an especially prolific poster during covid, as I recall.

Anonymous wrote:The Eureka way is dumb imo. My dad who taught college math for over 40 years (still teaching!) asked why are they teaching simple arithmetic this way?

People who teach college math are the LAST people to consult about teaching math to elementary-school students imo.

Anonymous wrote:Agree with Khan Academy lessons, either direct from the site or just looking up the video portions on youtube.

Patent tip sheets are one of the areas in which I find Eureka weak. They don't explain well enough the concepts being taught, and Eureka, as noted, teaches multiple conceptual approaches. You can use them to review something with your child if they've learned it already (or if you are familiar with the particular approach), but not so much to teach them that approach.

There's more out there than the tip sheets that Eureka offers by default, but that isn't made available by MCPS. We used to be able to go to the NY state Engage site to get this (about as close to a textbook as we're allowed these days), but they have since restricted access to families of NY students. So the Khan Academy route seems to be the best current option.

You can find all of the archived Eureka materials here: https://greatminds.org/eureka-math-basic-files

google the topic (usually listed at the bottom of the Eureka book) and khan academy to see the new way of doing it.

The Eureka way is dumb imo. My dad who taught college math for over 40 years (still teaching!) asked why are they teaching simple arithmetic this way?

+2 Khan Academy videos are solid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, basic math understanding means that you should be able to recall your way of getting the right answer, then work backwards from that to figure out the teacher's way, and then explain the teacher's way to your kid (and also your way, because the more they understand that there are different ways of getting to the answer, the better it is for logical reasoning).

At least, this is what I've always done. My kids are older teens now, and went the advanced math track route.

-research scientist.

“Research scientist” is quickly becoming a famous DCUM poster.

Really? NIH, Children's Hospital, various local universities, the biotech corridor... all right there, PP. There are several of us.

It's a bunch of non-sense as they push strategies over traditional math and facts. There are some free online Eureka guidebooks and videos. It would be nice if they'd bring back the tutoring they had in past years.

Reteach not retract

https://embarc.online/ Has everything you need. Videos explaining the homework, teacher lessons, etc. you can also get a free account at https://www.zearn.org/ if you really think you need to retract your kid. The videos that explain each lesson are great. You can do this!

What grade OP?

Anonymous wrote:OP, basic math understanding means that you should be able to recall your way of getting the right answer, then work backwards from that to figure out the teacher's way, and then explain the teacher's way to your kid (and also your way, because the more they understand that there are different ways of getting to the answer, the better it is for logical reasoning).

At least, this is what I've always done. My kids are older teens now, and went the advanced math track route.

-research scientist.

“Research scientist” is quickly becoming a famous DCUM poster.

Agree with Khan Academy lessons, either direct from the site or just looking up the video portions on youtube.

Patent tip sheets are one of the areas in which I find Eureka weak. They don't explain well enough the concepts being taught, and Eureka, as noted, teaches multiple conceptual approaches. You can use them to review something with your child if they've learned it already (or if you are familiar with the particular approach), but not so much to teach them that approach.

There's more out there than the tip sheets that Eureka offers by default, but that isn't made available by MCPS. We used to be able to go to the NY state Engage site to get this (about as close to a textbook as we're allowed these days), but they have since restricted access to families of NY students. So the Khan Academy route seems to be the best current option.