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Note: At right is a list of the 14 entries in the "Math Education" archive (most recent first).
Below, the entries are listed again in expanded form, with a short excerpt or summary from each entry.Math Education Archives
Desperately Seeking Numeracy in Fayette County December 13, 2005
From today's Lexington Herald-Leader: Last night, Vision 2020 groups began presenting recommendations based on six months of research to Fayette County school board members. Groups used computer presentations, skits and anecdotes to relay the information. The group on mental health and well-being encouraged everyone to stand up and stretch as part of their presentation. It sounds like they had some...
"Girl, 18, More Math-Ignorant than Governor" July 08, 2004
James Taranto's Best of the Web got our attention with a little item highlighting some sadly typical behavior: a student not only not knowing, but not knowing how much she doesn't know. WFTV reports that Luana Marques, a newly graduated 18-year-old, tried to stump Florida Governor Jeb Bush with a geometry problem which she and her friends remembered being on... Posted by ceb into Math Education
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More on Connected Mathematics and Research June 22, 2004
Last time we criticized the Connected Mathematics Program (CMP) using a study which they published on their own website. We found more data in support of our argument (and we promise this will be the last CMP posting for a while). The graph at right is taken from yet another study published on the CMP website. Here, they compare the... Posted by ceb into Education Research
, Math Education
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Connected Mathematics Program: A Critique June 22, 2004
As high school teachers, we are painfully aware of the gaps in our students' skill sets, gaps of skills that should have been cemented in middle school, gaps which make learning high school content all the more difficult. Mathematical Foundation In elementary school, it is assumed students learn how to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and learn a little about... Posted by ceb into Education Research
, Math Education
, Progressive Education
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Connected Mathematics Program: What 3 'supportive' studies say June 19, 2004
Last time we wrote how one Milwaukee school board is trying to increase math achievement by using the Connected Mathematics Program (CMP). This is yet another fuzzy-math program based on an unfortunate set of standards that places problem solving and the discovery approach on such high pedestals that little real teaching and learning can take place. We think the CMP... Posted by ceb into Education Research
, Math Education
Predictable Results from a New New Math Program June 17, 2004
Theory over Practice is one of the most pernicious aspects of most failed education reform efforts. We've said it before, but it bears repeating: If someone wanted to learn how to grow corn in Iowa, or build a bridge over a windy channel, or navigate a corporation through the waters of Chapter 11, or design a really absorbent diaper . . .... Posted by ceb into Math Education
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Arithmetic versus Problem Solving June 12, 2004
Last time, we wrote about the false dichotomies which Progressive education reformers use in their fight against "old fashioned" methods of teaching basic skills. We'll fisk a bit of exposition from Tim Stahmer's Assorted Stuff: There’s a trend among some critics of public instruction to try and push creativity out of the teaching of reading and math. He's misreading us... Posted by ceb into Math Education
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False Dichotomies of Education Reform: Reading and Math June 10, 2004
One common weapon in education reform as wielded by Progressives is the false dichotomy. Time after time they'll propose a solution to a "problem" which involves the choosing between two seemingly opposite methods, as if they were mutually exclusive absolutes. It plays out like this: An 'old' method is examined and found lacking. A 'new' method is proffered which is... Posted by ceb into Math Education
, Progressive Education
, Reading & English
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Calculators are like Bicycles April 21, 2004
We could go on for days about what we really think of calculators in K-12 math classes (we think they're great for science classes, especially stochiometry in Chemistry), but suffice to say it just might be one of the signs of the Apocalypse. A recent entry by Joanne Jacobs quoted a study demonstrating that students who use calculators do poorly... Posted by ceb into Math Education
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18 Students Ace Math SAT in one school January 29, 2004
Eighteen students at Desert Vista High School got a perfect 800 on the math SAT, and in the past four years they've either placed first, second or third in the state on the Math portion of the Stanford-9. So how do they do it? Posted by ceb into Education Reform
, Math Education
, Success Stories
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Former student of Jaime Escalante turns out okay January 21, 2004
We first were introduced to Jay Mathews by reading his book on Jaime Escalante, the East L.A. high school calculus teacher who inspired the movie Stand and Deliver. Mr. Mathews' latest Washington Post column catches up with one of Escalante's former students. One of the many things I envy about teachers is the joy they feel when students come back... Posted by ceb into Math Education
, Success Stories
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NCTM and "Problem Solving" December 30, 2003
A teacher shared some notes taken during one of the first faculty meetings of the school year at a city public school: The speaker, an administrator, said, "We used to teach isolated facts. We would drill on multiplication tables but would never use them in problem solving. The NCTM recommends that we now focus on problem solving." In the margin,... Posted by ceb into Math Education
Redefining the word "effective" December 27, 2003
Not too long ago, the Urban Systemic Initiative folks announced that they were going to evaluate a number of mathematics programs, in terms of how effective the programs were. They were then going to require all Philadelphia public schools to select one of their anointed "effective" programs. This all sounded well and good, but we were troubled that the "effective"... Posted by ceb into Math Education
Dueling Brochures: Everyday Math vs. Saxon Math December 24, 2003
We had an interesting experience when researching math programs for a proposed charter school. We did not want the educational program to be based on popularity or "wonderfulness," rather we wanted the program to have been proven in real classrooms. We'd heard good things about both "Chicago Math" (aka Everyday Math and UCSMP) and "Saxon Math" so we wrote to... Posted by ceb into Math Education
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