Its no longer a thing but 💨💨💨 THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, teachers used to mark off math problems for not showing your work.
This was such a shit concept, especially since basic arithmetic can be solved so many ways...so even if you showed your process, if it wasn't the process the teacher imposed upon you, you would still risk be counted off for it.
It's especially damning since I've always calculated basic numbers in my head... I had no work to show.
FF to now, and I'm not even sure if kids understand how math works...My nephew was trying to buy snacks at the game tonight and i watched a 15 year old add 12 and 7 on his fucking fingers...they can use calculators with no penalty so i get it. So now I've changed my position...Like I think you can never learn math if you dont understand how numbers correlate.
Do you think forcing kids to write each and every step to get to an answer is necessary for brain growth, or is it fine to just cut out the "why" just to reach the finish line