This all coincides with the "trend" that we've been observing w/r/t mathematics instruction trends as we veer into the path of Common Core.
We aren't the only parents who have been horrified that math courses don't seem to be actually, you know, teaching mathematics these days.
We and five or six other families (all with GT kids) have all noted it-- and we have all taken to offering our own kids direct instruction in everything from pre-algebra through calculus since the instructor's answer is "that's what Khan academy is for" and maybe (if you're lucky) another worked example, just like the book. Procedural without concepts, just as Dude notes.
I suspect that this is less about Common Core itself and more about the (fundamentally misguided, IMO) notions about "inquiry-based learning" and "flipped classroom" environments.
It's way different than when I was either a student OR a professor, that's for sure.
