Thread: Baffling Math Problem Being Given Out to Elementary Students Will Make Your Head Expl

This Baffling Math Problem Being Given Out to Elementary Students Will Make Your Head Explode

Kyle Becker | On 11, Feb 2014

This is a math problem being given out to students in the “reforming” American education system:



As IJReview Staff Writer Kira Davis put it:

“This math problem can be whatever you want it to be, children! It’s all up to you! Btw, at 6 yrs old my daughter finds this extremely confusing. It’s too much for her to come up with the answer AND the question. She doesn’t get that. She needs clear structure at this age.”

Exactly right. Children need to become familiar with objective reality before they deal with abstractions, which are best grasped by children 12 and above. Coming up with your own question to go with your own answer? This Common Core question is about as abstract as it gets!

Our education system’s thinking about how to get the best out of each individual student is almost as muddled as this problem. Almost.

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/02/1142...-head-explode/