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Monday, September 24, 2012

Missouri Education Watchdog: In Common Core Math, the Answer isn't that Important. The Collaboration and Communication and Argument is Paramount.

Missouri Education Watchdog: In Common Core Math, the Answer isn't that Important. The Collaboration and Communication and Argument is Paramount.:


In Common Core Math, the Answer isn't that Important. The Collaboration and Communication and Argument is Paramount.

It's all about process.  The student must explain the method in solving the problem.   Now the student will talk about the problem with the other students.  It's the standards requirement.


SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia) weekly update #65 includes information on Illustrative Mathematics Project, which is developing resources to support implementation: 

Chaired by Bill McCallum, professor of mathematics and another contributing author of the