re: 9+6 = ? "Our young learners might not be altogether comfortable..."

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I'm pretty sure this isn't the day 1 addition lesson plan guys.

i do math this way. I would consider myself above average at math.

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the problem is they are now requiring students to do it this common core way.

I have heard that if you do it the normal way you actually get points off.

So lets say you get a problem like this on a test.

subtract 97 from 435. The teacher requires common core math.

on the test you do this
435
-97
332

you hand it in and you get this back from the teacher.

X. This is the correct answer but you didn't solve it correctly.

I have heard reports that students who are 80 percentile on standardized testing are coming back with Cs, Ds, and Fs on report cards because they don't do common core Math. If a student struggles with the old way and figures a new way to do it. More power to him/her. But forcing a student to learn a new way to do math that takes more steps, is just wrong.