Linda Moran here. This new board is for parents concerned about their children's TERC math program, also known as the Investigations program. I've already...
Read a revealing anecdote that will help you get your mind wrapped around how the TERC folks think, and why it's bugging you. This post will help you to be...
Here's an interesting message board that existed for a while concerning TERC math. http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=1956899&tstart=0#reply-tr\ ee...
I haven't really seen the Investigations workbook. We only get one page homework assignments so it's hard to tell. I thought the Everyday Math book at least...
Cristina Neuman
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Mar 7, 2006 1:51 pm
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... That's a good point, Cristina. In fact, certain answers are taboo, such as "I got the answer by multiplying" or "because my mother taught me that way." ...
I emailed the principal at Hawes. Here's the correspondence: Dear Linda, We are currently using Scott Foresman Addison Wesley MATH. This company purchased...
The federal department of education says that parents, not schools, are ultimately responsible for their child's education. And then our kids are given...
At least our school will not be the only one lagging behind! But seriously, this is very depressing news. I had a conversation from a parent who is currently...
Cristina Neuman
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Mar 8, 2006 3:13 pm
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New Jersey has one of the worst standards in the country according to the experts. I added that to my lens today too. I feel like moving out of the state....
That's my mantra today. I just called Kumon and left a message. I'm going to enroll Dwight in Kumon, and keep him there at least until middle school. Have you...
I picked up a packet yesterday. I don't know too much about it. But when we were living in London, a couple of friends from Malaysia and Singapore said that it...
Cristina Neuman
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Mar 8, 2006 7:19 pm
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... But when ... Well that's interesting, because all the anti-TERC intelligiencia are big on "Singapore math." That's what California uses, now that it has...
I'm going down three tracks at the same time. This afternoon I plan to visit Huntington and Kumon (after school). I'm also slowly giving Dwight a pre-test for...
Hey Cristina. Dwight's almost done taking test 2A, and he may not pass. It takes 80 percent to pass, and he's already gotten 19 wrong. He only needs to get 5...
Okay maybe that's an exaggeration. But I realized that I would like to test my fifth grader with the Singapore pre-test. I'm going to try 5A. I think this...
"Singapore's students do brilliantly in math and science tests. American kids test much worse but do better in the real world. Why?" In Zakaria's article...
Cristina Neuman
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Mar 12, 2006 1:20 pm
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Another interesting article: Ten Myths About Math Education And Why You Shouldn't Believe Them ( http://www.nychold.com/myths-050504.html ) What the United...
Cristina Neuman
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Mar 12, 2006 1:29 pm
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This is a terrific article. My DH remembers having read it (He's a Newsweek junkie) but it means more to him now. I like the idea that the 2 countries have...
TERC is not totally bad. There are good qualities in discovery based instruction---good teaching includes some element of discovery and investigations. The...
Cristina Neuman
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Mar 12, 2006 4:46 pm
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TERC lingo -- words to use, words to avoid, when talking with your child's teacher. http://www.lindamoran.net/blog_teen/2006/03/talking_about_terc.html Linda...
I agree. I know what a good, balanced math education looks like because I received one. TERC is unbalanced. I have two goals: 1. To ensure that my kids are...
I just joined your group about Investigations. My child is using Dale Seymour Publishings' version of Ivestigations. On the rare occasion that my daughter...
I just joined your group about Investigations. My child is using Dale Seymour Publishings' version of Ivestigations. On the rare occasion that my daughter...
... they feel as though they are stuck in this program and are already supplementing with basic math drills. ... Wow, that's great! Our school is totally...
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