FW: Advocates for Math Equity Question Whether Being Right is Sometimes Wrong

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Brian responded...

 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2021 12:10:25 -0700
 >
 > On 6/26/21 8:01 AM, Robert wrote:
 > > https://www.yahoo.com/news/advocates-math-equity-whether-being-230100093.html
 > 
 > Oh geez.  They're all talking as if it's an all-or-nothing decision.  Of 
 > course you want kids to be able to get right answers.  (Although these 
 > days computers can do most of that.)  But equally of course, if a kid 
 > gets a wrong answer, you want to know whether it's a computation error 
 > or a conceptual misunderstanding, and you want the kid not to be afraid 
 > to propose answers.  And kids are smart enough to understand if you both 
 > praise their chain of reasoning and insist that their ultimate answer 
 > has to be right.
 > 
 > I don't know if focusing narrowly on correct answers is especially 
 > harmful to Black kids.  I know it's harmful to all kids!  So I think 
 > it's a tactical mistake to frame it as if it benefited white kids.