Discussion #4

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Common Core Math Standards in Comparison with Countries from the Pacific Rim and Asia Along with the videos posted inside this week’s ACTIVITIES/RESEARCH/RESOURCES folder, please read 3 additional things: (1) the following comparative analysis (NOTE: NOT crafted with an Ethnographic Methodology) by NYU Math Professor, Jonathan Goodman. it was written in 2010 but continues to be cited in various “what’s wrong with the Common Core” articles, blogs, websites, … The Goodman paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SH2yWmkbuzerfsGd-AkbPGMKuvDMJYUX/view?usp=sharing AND (2) This 2015 Pew Research report: U.S. students improving – slowly – in math and science, but still lagging internationally: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/02/02/u-s-students-improving-slowly-in-math-and-science-but-still-lagging-internationally/ AND (3) This article by Malcolm Gladwell (published in his book, Outliers): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yr1ekILpiEr8xhqW0XCspDyBnA75x_IB/view?usp=sharing (Note one line of text is difficult to read) Finally- here is our prompt: With all this information/all these various ideas and stats and opinions as your base to build upon, how relevant is each individual article/piece of information to you- as an educator- being able to gain useful, relevant findings or ideas for your professional practice- please explain your response. Additionally, how does (if it does) your view of being able to gain useful, relevant findings or ideas for your professional practice from all of these articles/pieces of information when you cull them together, juxtapose the intel, and then compare that in an effort to raw your own conclusions and understandings- please explain your response. Also- what have you come to understanding regarding American students and “math proficiency”?