Stop TERC
An excellent new site has popped up recently that is a great resource for those fighting Investigations math. Check it out here: http://www.stopterc.com/ Loads of resources in one giant white paper....
View Article“No Common Denominator”
Two reports by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) do a fantastic job of showing just where education colleges are failing students who want to become teachers, and then our children who are...
View ArticleNational Standards are Dangerous
There are certain appealing aspects to having national standards, such as looking at a country like Singapore or Japan that has very high standards and achieves great things through them. However,...
View ArticleImpressive Math Lesson Videos
Someone recently sent me a link to the Khan Academy’s site. This person has over 800 videos on YouTube teaching various math courses. The videos aren’t too long, but the amount of them is quite...
View ArticleOne Step Ahead of the Train Wreck
A great article from Barry Garelick on the insanity of Everyday math and the virtues of Singapore math. http://ednews.org/articles/one-step-ahead-of-the-train-wreck.html What exactly is the attraction...
View ArticleFree Honors Coordinate Geometry Book
Curtis Blanco has put together a coordinate geometry book that is free for use. If you are homeschooling or looking for additional geometry problems for a class, you can get it here. Updates are being...
View ArticleMath Update
Howdy folks, I’ve been buried with projects, one of which is getting Mathino ready for purchase as quickly as possible so those of you that want it for Christmas can get it. It’s really a fantastic...
View ArticleA Letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
If a first grade teacher read at the fifth grade level, we'd be outraged. But what if she had only third or fourth grade mathematics skills and lacked the conceptual understanding needed for teaching...
View ArticleAlgebra in Wonderland?
Someone sent me a link to this NY Times story about how Alice in Wonderland was really a story about math. Who knew? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/opinion/07bayley.html?pagewanted=all The post...
View ArticleTED Talk on Math Class
I really like what this teacher has to say about children needing to derive formulas instead of just being taught them and I like how he integrates physics with math. The post TED Talk on Math Class...
View ArticleResearch on Effective Study Methods
This NY Times article is excellent. It points out how studies have shown the falsity of the “learning style” debate where educrats say, “well some children are visual and some are auditory.” This is a...
View ArticleHow ASD Handles Vocal Parents
In the August 2004 issue of Teaching Children Mathematics, 5 co-authors from Alpine School District and BYU’s mathematics education department (Scott Hendrickson, Daniel Siebert, Stephanie Z. Smith,...
View ArticlePISA scores and Utah
Last week on the Rod Arquette show, a Judy Park (??? not sure of last name) from the state office of education spoke with Rod concerning the release of the latest PISA scores...
View ArticleThe Salmon Khan Academy
Many of you have probably heard of the Khan Academy before. A few years ago I sent out an email about it when it was a lot smaller but still very cool. Today’s Khan academy could be one stop shopping...
View ArticleBetter than Singapore Math?
Post note: Just to be clear, this is not an endorsement of Jump math. I think the jury is out on it and things I’ve read since this post indicate it may have some issues to resolve, but it does appear...
View ArticleReport Suggests Improvements to ASD Math Program – ALARMING
If you assumed this was Alpine School District in Utah, it’s not, but it’s the same old story. We’ve just saved $26,000 by not having the study done. This news report is about Anchorage School...
View ArticleParent Concerns in Alpine School District
This past week I received a couple of troubling emails from parents in Alpine School District. Here’s the first: Last night my daughter was at a youth activity when a 12 year old girl from her church...
View ArticleThe UVU Remedial Math Situation
Most universities have remedial math courses for students who have had difficulty getting to university math levels. However, few universities have remedial math DEPARTMENTS. UVU is one such university...
View ArticleStudents are not College Math Ready
Someone sent me a link to this graph which comes from pg. 74 of a PARCC document and shows exactly what’s happening in public education. 89% of high school math instructors believe their students are...
View ArticleMath Worksheet
Get Real Math Mastery of Basic Skills While Building a Mind for Algebra CLICK to BUY NOW for $4.99 Welcome to the Math Skills Worksheet I created for my kids. This will help your children excel at all...
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