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...
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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...
I read the article you posted. I thought the reference to lawsuits was interesting. My daughter had one experience in her education that I considered to be...
... wrote: "My daughter had one experience in her education that I considered to be 'educational malpractice'. "...on more than one occasion I have had to find...
The math teacher in Detroit that I've written about has informed me that Detroit has dropped its "Connected Math" or CMP curriculum. That's a middle school...
The Wall Street Journal painted too black and white a picture of what the NCTM has done. The Chicago Tribune has done a better job. Read the article ...
Barry Garelick has an article that analyzes why Montgomery County dropped Singapore math, even though it was working. Barry Garelick is an analyst for the...
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...
Oct 1, 2006 10:37 pm
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A teacher in Seattle wrote to me, and granted permission to blog our correspondence. Read the blog ...
Bravo to the teacher who knows that TERC math doesn't provide everything the kids need. Bravo for speaking up. I have almost made up my mind to order the...
... Will ... should ... From my experience, I'd say hold off on the intensive practice, until you see whether the text and the workbook are sufficient. You can...
I have been working on math with my daughter(in addition to the random school assignment) for almost a year. We work on knowing the basic facts, and...
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