This course seems stupid. The original context is the Oregon DOE
newsletter provided a link to it.
On the one hand, the DOE is not forcing any teachers to take this
course. On the other hand I don't understand why they would even
suggest it. On the other-other hand, I don't think we need to flip
about it. This is not an actual math curriculum.
On 2/12/2021 1:24 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
Yeah, that is what got me too. We all know there are a bunch of ways
to arrive at the right answer. But in math, most of the time there is
one and only one right answer. Or in the cases of roots, you can have
two right elements of the solution but you need both of them to
constitute the one right answer.
*From:* Mathew Howard
*Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2021 11:17 AM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT possibly political
I think this quote pretty much tells you all you need to know:
"Upholding the idea that there are always right and wrong answers
perpetuate objectivity as well as fear of open conflict."
If they were talking about teaching different methods of arriving at
the correct answer, that's a fair discussion. I think it's probably
true that there are differences in the way individual's brains work
that make some methods work better for some people than others
(although I seriously doubt that has anything to do with race, but it
could very well be related to cultural and linguistic background), so
there's a reasonable argument for saying that we should look at
different methods of arriving at the correct answer, but I'm pretty
sure that math is one area where there is in fact always a right and
wrong answer.
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:54 AM Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote:
Well if that doesn't spell it out for you, I don't know what does.
I was half kidding in my response earlier, but looks like it was
spot on now. We are doomed if this crap is allowed to proceed.
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:48 AM Chuck McCown via AF
<[email protected]> wrote:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/oregon-math-course-racism-white-supremacy-teachers
<https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/oregon-math-course-racism-white-supremacy-teachers>
https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-education-math-white-supremacy
<https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-education-math-white-supremacy>
*From:* Carl Peterson
*Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2021 10:18 AM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT possibly political
Not sure of your source but I think you misunderstand.
https://www.mathnasium.com/littleton-news-when-one-correct-math-answer-is-not-enough
<https://www.mathnasium.com/littleton-news-when-one-correct-math-answer-is-not-enough>
"Reframing the above problem to encourage divergent thinking
might look something like this:
“Find the sum of 32 + 5 and then create more equations that
have the same sum.”
Theoretically, someone could keep thinking about this problem
forever and generate infinite correct answers."
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 10:32 AM Chuck McCown via AF
<[email protected]> wrote:
Just read of a push to teach a “new math” the encourages
multiple “correct answers” to math problems and eliminates
“show your work”. Supposedly cleanses math teaching from
institutional racism.
OK, irrespective of your genetics, heritage, cultural
backgropund and gender choices, if I tell an employee to
go read the sequentials off of a reel of cable and tell me
how much is left, they better get one frigging answer, the
one and only correct answer.
So I am an old fat entitled unwoke white guy. By some
accounts automatically racist. I don’t feel that way, but
again I am unwoke (whatever in the hell that means) so I
wouldn’t know.
I simply don’t get how getting the one and only right
answer in math class is institutional racism. Can you
imagine someone that came up through schools that allow
this trying to get into an engineering program? Now who
is suppressing whom...
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