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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 4244892" data-attributes="member: 22662">Who cares?&nbsp; If Johnny and Sally can’t do Algebra taught one way but another way seems to open an avenue of learning and understanding, why is that a bad thing?Of course the answer is no.&nbsp; I had a similar experience helping my kids with their common core math homework in grade school.&nbsp; It was different, but the process being taught did bring the correct answer and to me seemed to be opening the mind to other principles of math to come later.I’m not sure that the point is not to correct tan incorrect answer.&nbsp; I think the point is to find where the student is not understanding the mathematical process and reinforce that correction.Does this method and theory come out of deep left field?&nbsp; Maybe.&nbsp; But I think people have the “outrage machine” dialed up without understanding the theory and methodology of the math being taught.&nbsp; Because really, does it matter if the reason for teaching this way is because, in the future, this is the reason Captain James T. Kirk is ultimately able to defeat the Gorgon in hand to hand combat?No. Of course not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 4244892, member: 22662"] Who cares? If Johnny and Sally can’t do Algebra taught one way but another way seems to open an avenue of learning and understanding, why is that a bad thing? Of course the answer is no. I had a similar experience helping my kids with their common core math homework in grade school. It was different, but the process being taught did bring the correct answer and to me seemed to be opening the mind to other principles of math to come later. I’m not sure that the point is not to correct tan incorrect answer. I think the point is to find where the student is not understanding the mathematical process and reinforce that correction. Does this method and theory come out of deep left field? Maybe. But I think people have the “outrage machine” dialed up without understanding the theory and methodology of the math being taught. Because really, does it matter if the reason for teaching this way is because, in the future, this is the reason Captain James T. Kirk is ultimately able to defeat the Gorgon in hand to hand combat? No. Of course not. [/QUOTE]

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