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Note: At right is a list of the 8 entries in the "Education Research" archive (most recent first).
Below, the entries are listed again in expanded form, with a short excerpt or summary from each entry.Education Research Archives
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
The Scientific Method and Reading January 30, 2004
Joanne Jacobs' "Feds for Phonics" post today really floored us. She noticed that out of one hundred thousand studies on reading that the feds examined in forming new guidelines, only forty used the scientific method. What the . . . ?! And here we thought we were exaggerating when we said that most educational research isn't trustworthy. We had no idea, really.... Posted by ceb into Education Research
, Reading & English
Education Reform is NOT rocket science! January 22, 2004
Which means Educational Research should not be rocket science, either! Joanne Jacobs links to an Education Week article (registration required) that gets so many things so very wrong, and we'd like to set the record straight. Karin Chenoweth, the author of the piece, seems to feel the "dirty little secret of education" is that we don't know what works in... Posted by ceb into Education Research
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Good News from 2003 January 04, 2004
Mona Charen has an excellent sampling of 2003's education follies, with both good and bad news. The bad news? The usual suspects (bureaucrats and politicians) up to their predictable tricks, opposing choice in the form of vouchers and charter schools. The good news? A recent positive vote for vouchers in D.C. and great results from some recent studies on the... Posted by ceb into Education Research
, Success Stories
Class Size Reduction: Dueling Studies? January 03, 2004
In the January 2004 issue of School Reform News, Lisa Snell writes about the mixed results from two studies on class-size reductions, concluding that it is "a very costly reform."... Posted by ceb into Education Research
Myth: Education Research can be trusted December 26, 2003
Many people think all Education Research is valid. You could commission any study to say almost whatever you wanted. For example, in the 1940s and '50s cigarette advertising used to quote doctors and medical research up and down showing how beneficial smoking was for you. Were they lying? No, because they simply focused on the calming effect of nicotine in... Posted by ceb into Education Research
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