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share with us why the student providing a correct answer is a problemthe problem is the kid wrote what a valid response to the question should be.
which makes that a great - outside the box - answerThe one guy's pizza was bigger that is how he ate more.
the student had to know that only if one pizza was larger than the other could the problem be correct as presented
the teacher was correct about fractions ... however (s)he was wrong about pizza - assuming they were of differing sizesthe teacher marked it wrong and said no that isn't possible as 4/6 is smaller than 5/6's.
still waiting to see why this is found to be a flaw within common core
yes, it wasthe kids answer was correct based on the lack of information in the question.
which is why it was such a great question
which again causes me to ask 'why is common core found to be a problem'the teacher was making an assumption that both pizza's were the same size.
to limit the answer to the one the teacher was expecting, that question was without a piece of key information, being that the pizzas were of the same sizethe question was flawed in not providing enough information and on top of that hitting and giving that
the answer it gave was correct.
but that in no way speaks to a common core deficiency. common core is not responsible for that question's wording ... or for that teacher's inability to recognize that the student understood that the only way the scenario would work was if one pizza was larger than the other
which is my point. you want to blame common core for something common core did not cause
actually, the question was a good one. that student recognized that there was only one way that 2/6 could be less than 1/6 and that is if the size of the pizzas were differentit doesn't have to be simpler but it has to contain enough information that the child can learn and understand the problem.
not put down a correct response and then get told it is wrong.
why would we not want kids to develop such incisive, problem-solving skills?