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A Follow-up to Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth
July 16th, 2007 | 1 Comment
Commenter Hoosier alerted me to another video from the Where’s the Math people. This one is from a professor of atmospheric sciences, possibly the professor mentioned in the previous film, adding to the pile-on.
But first, I think some clarification is in order. This video, and most people, use the terms “standards-based,” “reform,” and “constructivist” interchangeably. However, as I mentioned in the previous post, these terms aren’t quite interchangeable.
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A Convenient Lack of Meaningful Content Masquerading as Exposé
June 30th, 2007 | 2 Comments
I just finished watching Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and in the course of cruising around the web for commentary about the movie and the science presented therein, I stumbled across this.
It is a short film about mathematics curriculums titled Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth, put out by a parent advocacy group in Washington called Where’s the Math? In particular, the film is arguing against the use of two particular curriculums, TERC and Everyday Math. Go watch the film (it’s about 15 minutes) and come back.
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Math Esteem
November 7th, 2006 | No Comments
Rate Your Students is one of my new guilty pleasures. Today’s entry reminded me of this Washington Post article reporting a study of math achievement and self-esteem.
Apparently people in higher-achieving math countries have lower self-esteem, among other things. Conclusion: school doesn’t have to be fun or empowering!
Personally, I think this study is to education what Froot Loops are to breakfast.
