I've begun to think that it's the institution of public education that is faulty. How is it possible to accomodate 20-30 or more kids who come in with not only...
... wrote: I've begun to think that it's the institution of public education that is faulty. How is it possible to accomodate 20-30 or more kids who come in...
I've always liked fresh new teachers, but I'm noticing that when it comes to radical curriculum choices, such as TERC, the seasoned teachers are better at...
My 11 year old goofball daughter is going into sixth grade, and has had two years of TERC math. Among other oddities of TERC math, they have to write poems...
That is so funny! She is so witty! Thanks Linda!...
Cristina Neuman
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Jul 9, 2006 3:49 pm
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Hi members of the Beyond TERC message board. This board is broadly defined to include those who are coping with TERC math, those who are afterschooling, those...
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Jul 16, 2006 10:36 pm
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I met a teacher online that seems to take an intellectual approach to constructivist math. In fact, what she does sounds a lot like the Singapore Math I use...
Hi everyone. Melinda is a new member, but I'll let her tell us what she wants about herself. I'll just plunge in with a question for Melinda: Would you tell us...
I found a thought-provoking article on the web by a mathematician and mathematics teacher which is not polarized on one or the other side of the math wars. ...
Hi members of the Beyond TERC message board. This board is broadly defined to include those who are coping with TERC math, those who are afterschooling, those...
beyondterc@yahoogroup...
Jul 31, 2006 12:10 am
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Our federal government has a math panel, investigating math teaching right now. There are several notables on the math panel, including Liping Ma! The Math...
I recently met a math teacher who works in a middle school in Detroit. He refuses to teach CMP (Connected Math.) He's ready to get fired if need be. I've...
Hi everyone! I first became acquainted with the realities of the TERC program almost a year ago. I remember my second grader coming home with a rare piece of...
... Boy did you sum it up. I'll repurpose your points in a list, with my commentary: 1. They get too little homework but when they do, they can't do it, and...
Hi members of the Beyond TERC message board. This board is broadly defined to include those who are coping with TERC math, those who are afterschooling, those...
beyondterc@yahoogroup...
Sep 2, 2006 2:48 am
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I've written a new blog entry. After five months of after-schooling my kids in Singapore math, I have some new insights, and even about-faces, in my thinking...
I am wondering what you think of TERC emphasizing a more discovery/child centered approach to math vs. a more traditional approach where the teacher is...
... is ... Since the beginning of time, discovery learning has been the best approach to all learning. It gives the student ownership and motivation. This is...
I think both approaches---discovery learning and direct instruction, have its uses as well as good points and bad points. Balance is the key. All or nothing...
Cristina Neuman
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Sep 6, 2006 1:52 pm
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... wrote: I think both approaches---discovery learning and direct instruction, have its uses as well as good points and bad points. Balance is the key. All or...
Hi all. I'm Linda Moran, and I started this board as a way to think through issues concerning TERC Investigations and other math programs that seem to be quite...
As this message board is gaining in popularity, I'd like to post a blog entry from time to time. Today's is one I wrote a few months ago, and posted here once...
Black and white thinking is often at the heart of any new, innovative approach to teaching. The method and philosophy start out very black and white, and then...
Does TERC conform to traits of a good curriculum? Read some thoughts <http://www.lindamoran.net/blog_teen/2006/09/an_intellectual_approach_to\ _a.html> on...
I enjoyed reading the article. I am willing to try to work with the TERC curriculum as much as possible, but I am having a hard time finding out what is going...
It's been my experience that TERC students do not come home with papers or homework. Get used to it. But this doesn't mean she's not learning math. You can...
Times tables aren't taught in our modern math classrooms, but what teachers don't seem to realize is that there are only only a handful that need be learned by...
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