Why little Johnny can't math...

[Ace-Garageguy]

Well fellers...I was going to post a quick video that exposes the horror of how 'common core' now 'teaches math', and why so many young people seem to be devoid of the simple arithmetic skills we old fossils take for granted.

But alas, there are a couple of undeniable political references in the vid, so I cant show it to you.

HOWEVER...if you have kids or grandkids or friends with offspring in elementary school, you really need to look into this...if you care about their intellectual welfare and ultimate employability.

 

[KMcc]

Another problem is I think the current majority of teachers are also devoid of simple arithmetic skills. Sad.

[bobss396]

Math used to be a progression, to go along with how children learned. Geometry, algebra then calculus. It was a time honored tradition. 

Common core throws all that down the porcelain receptacle. Kids come out of HS and most cannot add or subtract. 

[Lunajammer]

From AI Overview: Traditional methods often focused on memorization, while Common Core emphasizes understanding the reasoning behind the math. This often involves explaining the "why" behind an answer instead of just providing the correct result.

Seems to me the "why" is intuitive if you can answer math problems with correct results.

[stavanzer]

It's not a new issues.

Tom Lehrer was talking about it, 60 years ago.