The Common Core
Noemi Pimentel
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What is Common Core?
Key Ideas
-Common Core is a set of standards.
-These standards do not dictate how teachers must teach the content.
-Not federally mandated
-Parents, educators, students, and politicians all have differing opinions
What is the purpose of Common Core?
-Expand on English language arts and math to give students deeper knowledge
-Prep students for their future and put American schools on a more equal playing field to other country's schools
-prepare students for competition in the workforce.
Why is Common Core so controversial?
-Teachers in 46 states were forced to change their teaching methods quickly
-Students had to learn a completely new way of understanding concepts that they were familiar with
-Some parents thought Common Core made familiar concepts overcomplicated and difficult
Example
The traditional method involves multiplying each number in a vertical fashion. In the common core method, each number is broken down into smaller numbers and put into squares. The squares are multiplied then added together to give you the final answer.
The traditional method involves multiplying each number in a vertical fashion. In the common core method, each number is broken down into smaller numbers and put into squares. The squares are multiplied then added together to give you the final answer.
Quiz
1.Is Common Core a...?
A. curriculum
B. Set of Standards
C. Federal mandate
D. Bad idea
Answer Key
B
D
2. How could Common Core be controversial for students?
A. Students are taught more information than they can handle at once.
B. They might have too much fun
C. Students have to adapt to new teaching styles and learning new ways to understand familiar concepts.
D. Both A and C
Refrences
Kamil, M. L. (2016). Common Core State Standards and Adaptive Teaching. Theory Into Practice, 55(3), 234–241. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.odu.edu/10.1080/00405841.2016.1173991
What Is the Common Core? The Controversial Standards Explained. (2016). [YouTube Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxRg__r9HLg
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