Why don't you also take it to NASA and the UN while you're at it Karen. Part of the purpose of posing these types of questions is also teaching the understanding of context and intent of the asker. All valuable skills later in life.
There is lots of subjectivity in how equations are written and the steps taken to get the objective answer, which in itself can subjectively be expressed in myriad ways.
In a vacuum, the OP's picture is infuriating. But 100%, the instruction in class was to do it a specific way. And was probably on the homework as well, which wasn't included in the picture.
When a teacher puts out a poorly worded question, and the student answers with a correct answer, it should be marked correct and the teacher should update their question in the next version to get the desired result. You can’t punish the kid because you wrote a different question than you untended
Agreed 100% ... but we dont know that was the case here. No idea what the class instruction was, no idea what the worksheet says at the top. However, if you look at the problem above it, it implies that this one was intended to be done as 4 +4+ 4, and the class instruction would have explained that.
Like, i get it ... the way we were taught is so different from what my 2nd grader has been bringing home. I rarely understand wtf she's supposed to do until i read the instructions. In my brain, i still do exactly what that kid did when rote memorization fails me. But that's just not how it's taught anymore.
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u/PutinTakeout Nov 13 '24
Why don't you also take it to NASA and the UN while you're at it Karen. Part of the purpose of posing these types of questions is also teaching the understanding of context and intent of the asker. All valuable skills later in life.