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Common Core Math Standards: Making the Simple Complicated

January 16, 2013 2 Comments
Common Core Math Standards: Making the Simple Complicated

By Shane Vander Hart Barry Garelick wrote at The Atlantic about the Common Core Math Standards.  Basically he says that kids are required not to just learn how to make a calculations, but also how to explain why they are doing so.  The standards actually elevate this above learning how to solve math problems.  Garelick […]

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