Now "showing" your math is considered.... (Page 2/3)
randye FEB 17, 09:40 PM

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Originally posted by blackrams:


Simply preparing another generation for failure.





Mediocrity for everyone!

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TheDigitalAlchemist FEB 18, 08:31 AM

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Originally posted by Jake_Dragon:

Math is not capable of being racist.



One thing I have heard which I kinda "get" is that math word problems shouldn't use things such as sports or other things which are not universally understood. Many people know how many strikes are required to "make an out", and how many outs there are per inning, and how many innings per game, but not everyone. Lots of people don't know things related to golf or cricket or other such things... not saying it's "racist", but "math is hard" enough, when you lack the comprehension of the conext, its another level of suck

Everyone know how many hours are in a day. or how many eggs are in a dozen...
maryjane FEB 18, 10:36 AM

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Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist:


One thing I have heard which I kinda "get" is that math word problems shouldn't use things such as sports or other things which are not universally understood. Many people know how many strikes are required to "make an out", and how many outs there are per inning, and how many innings per game, but not everyone. Lots of people don't know things related to golf or cricket or other such things... not saying it's "racist", but "math is hard" enough, when you lack the comprehension of the conext, its another level of suck

Everyone know how many hours are in a day. or how many eggs are in a dozen...



But they probably know what Kim Kardassian's favorite color is, who Brittany Spears is sleeping with, what happened last week on The Walking Dead, and they damn sure know how to google all that sports stuff all the rest of us know.
blackrams FEB 18, 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist:

Everyone know how many hours are in a day. or how many eggs are in a dozen...



Thought I did then, I got a "Baker's Dozen".

Rams
82-T/A [At Work] FEB 18, 12:41 PM
Speechless...
williegoat FEB 18, 03:02 PM
I once worked for a guy who told me that because he couldn't elevate his poor performers, he had to occasionally bring down his top performers. It didn't make any sense then and it doesn't make any sense now. This is nothing more than another scheme to hold back those who produce, in order to allow the slackers to catch up.
Jake_Dragon FEB 18, 04:22 PM
I understand if someone is asked

Johnny has a bakers dozen of biscuits and Mary takes 5 how many biscuits does Johnny have.

If the reader doesn't know what a bakers dozen is then that is an issue. But that is a teaching issue. There is nothing wrong with the question if there is an explanation of what a bakers dozen is.
Show your work.

A bakers dozen is 13 biscuits.
There are a few theories as to why a baker’s dozen became 13, but the most widely accepted one has to do with avoiding a beating. In medieval England there were laws that related the price of bread to the price of the wheat used to make it. Bakers who were found to be “cheating” their customers by overpricing undersized loaves were subject to strict punishment, including fines or flogging. Even with careful planning it is difficult to ensure that all of your baked goods come out the same size; there may be fluctuations in rising and baking and air content, and many of these bakers didn’t even have scales to weigh their dough. For fear of accidentally coming up short, they would throw in a bit extra to ensure that they wouldn’t end up with a surprise flogging later. In fact, sometimes a baker’s dozen was 14—just to be extra sure.

So 13 take away 5 and Johnny has 8 biscuits after Mary takes 5 because the baker didn't want beaten.

So I get that if a student doesn't know what a bakers dozen is that there would be an issue.
But I don't see how that means the student shouldn't provide how they got the answer.
Perhaps we should go back to beating the students.
Hudini FEB 18, 07:10 PM
Because the baker was white. White is bad. Therefore baker is bad. Therefore learning about the baker is white privilege.

My question is what are the progressives going to replace it with? We know how Ebonics turned out. What is next for math?
blackrams FEB 18, 07:22 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

I once worked for a guy who told me that because he couldn't elevate his poor performers, he had to occasionally bring down his top performers. It didn't make any sense then and it doesn't make any sense now. This is nothing more than another scheme to hold back those who produce, in order to allow the slackers to catch up.



Actually, it's also another way to show the "teacher's" success rate, less failures. It's sad but, true.

Rams
blackrams FEB 18, 07:27 PM

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Originally posted by Jake_Dragon:

I understand if someone is asked

Johnny has a bakers dozen of biscuits donuts and Mary takes 5 how many biscuits Donuts does Johnny have.


A bakers dozen is 13 biscuits DONUTS.

SNIP

In fact, sometimes a baker’s dozen was 14—just to be extra sure.

So 13 take away 5 and Johnny has 8 biscuits DONUTS after Mary takes 5 because the baker didn't want beaten.




Jake, we're talk'n donuts here! Get It Straight!

Rams

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