By: Jan Johnston-Tyler
This is truly concerning…what is missing is any discussion on how students learn math. My personal and professional experience tells me that there are ‘concrete’ thinkers who do well with rote...
View ArticleBy: Jim
What is missing is any reference to how better performing countries teach math. For some reason the debate does not reference the other 7.5 billion people in the world.
View ArticleBy: Cathy Kessel
How better-performing countries support their teachers could be mentioned too. For example, the timeline for textbook development, approval, and implementation on page 18 of Mathematics Curriculum,...
View ArticleBy: Paul Muench
I’m thinking about sidewalks on college campuses. Maybe we should take a look at where students are actually going to learn math and see what’s happening there. There must be some data on what’s...
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Conrad’s statement, imho, is the crux of this dilemma. To wit: ““To my astonishment, in essentially all cases, the papers were seriously misrepresented” and in some cases “even had conclusions opposite...
View ArticleBy: Maya K
In reply to SFUSD Teacher. “Why is CA listening to folks who can’t provide strong evidence for their hypotheses?” Why is CA listening to people who used discredited data for a nationwide push to remove...
View ArticleBy: Zeev Wurman
A minor beef. “Teachers haven’t had a framework since 2013, and that one was done after the adoption of Common Core; its purpose was to explain and prioritize the standards. Teachers have been eager...
View ArticleBy: el
Data science is a highly mathematical pathway and I think the basic idea is worthy – bring statistics and probability in earlier or as an option. When I was a student, statistics was a gory field that...
View ArticleBy: Andrew Dempsey
Why would you encourage students not to take a math class that they are ready for? Why..? The idea that some students aren’t ready for algebra 1 in middle school so no one should take it until later is...
View ArticleBy: LogicalParent
Givens: US PISA Math Rank of 37 from 2018: https://factsmaps.com/pisa-2018-worldwide-ranking-average-score-of-mathematics-science-reading/ State education rankings:...
View ArticleBy: Daniel
To become proficient in high school level math, it takes a Herculean amount of effort for most students. The way math is typically taught (with rules and algorithms), the subject ends up making...
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For those who are interested in professor Brian Conrad’s public comments on the California Math Framework: https://sites.google.com/view/publiccommentsonthecmf/
View ArticleBy: Aaron
In reply to Maya K. It’s still better to take earlier, if possible. I was able to take Calculus 1 & 2 my junior year of high school across the street at the CSU, which allowed me to finish college...
View ArticleBy: Bryan
In reply to Daniel. The problem is a societal one and one that does not seem to be able to be resolved in a nonviolent or nonrevolutionary manner. With that in mind, I am not advocating for such...
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