Get the answer wrong, but get part of the calculation correct means you get partial credit. They are just making the stupid kids stupider.
That’s nuts. Are students no longer able to multiply 7 by 10 and then divide by 2?
...and adults who think this is rigorous and smart stuff, don’t have a clue.
Partial credit, hmmmm...
I would recast the problem as:
(1+1+1+1+1+1+1) X (1+1+1+1+1) =
and this would result in
1X1 + 1X1 + etc.
and then because 1X1 = 1,
1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1, etc.
Then add up the 1s to get 35.
I should get about 200% when adding up all that partial credit.
My college math professors showed no pity to those students that were taught “new math” techniques. And there in lies the rub. When these chitlins get to college the math professors will throw all this crap out and teach them using the tried an true methods that have been handed by the great mathematicians over the centuries.
If you think about it, this is just a waste of time because they still need to know their multiplication tables to fill in the individual parts of the equation. So what’s the point?
I actually do a lot of “mental math” using the method they’re teaching when multiplying larger numbers in my head. So the method is valid for larger numbers, just not for simple problems.
Yes this is the dumbing down of America.
My grandson in second grade in TX was trying to do math homework. The method for a simple problem was insane. I found the lesson online in free common core downloads.