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Re:California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th gra... by dathinab on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @07:13AM (#29329201)
Didn't common core also state that a child solving 4x5 by computing 5x4 fails the task and in turn hindering deeper comprehension.

Or do I confuse this with something else?

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Re:California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th gra... by threatofrain on Friday November 26, 2021 @04:27AM (#29348684)
The Common Core specification is succinct and easily cited. Any particular grade in K-6 can be read in under 5 minutes.

http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/4/OA/

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Re:California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th gra... by pclmulqdq on Thursday November 25, 2021 @05:58PM (#29345813)
You did not. Common core teaches some very weird methods of addition and multiplication, and has a "process over product" mentality - getting the wrong answer is fine with the right method, and getting the right answer with the "wrong" method is bad.
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Re:California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th gra... by threatofrain on Friday November 26, 2021 @04:30AM (#29348702)
Do you have any official sources?

> Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 × 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations.

http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/4/OA/

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