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  • The Big Bailout...Ha!

    There is no need for a bailout of the bank when we can bail them out through tax payer spending...heres how: America has fought hard to become an independent nation and a leader in innovation, so how can we fix our current economic downtrend efficiently? Some seem to think that throwing money at the corporations who failed us is the answer…we all ...
    Posted to Trailhead by Mejamz on September 29, 2008

  • Re: value in the new, new math

    I'm not sure what your reply has to do with the current topic, ''question?''.If you are trying to draw parallels between the current crop of mathematics texts (including Everyday Mathematics) and allegedly failing programs from other disciplines, then do so. But then you'll have to contend with the overwhelming evidence that these mathematics ...
    Posted to XX Factor by KidKibitz on December 5, 2007

  • Re: value in the new, new math

    Watch the video available through the link in the article. It shows the quote directly from one of the text books.Perhaps you should re-watch the video. The text to which you refer is discussing division algorithms; essentially, they justify omitting the long division algorithm. If you actually watch the video, you'll see that they do produce ...
    Posted to XX Factor by KidKibitz on November 30, 2007

  • Re: value in the new, new math

    Can you please specify which text series' authors claim that ''learning the tables and traditional algorithms is a waste of time''? I've certainly seen the claim from Standards-era authors that too much time was spent on rote learning, but never yet that the core isn't worth learning at all. Also, I'm curious what research or evidence leads you ...
    Posted to XX Factor by KidKibitz on November 30, 2007

  • "Math Wars"? I don't get it...

    Honestly, I have a bit of difficulty understanding all the fuss. I mean, consider: Which is the better English classroom--the one in which students simply read, summarize, and memorize small portions of canonical works, or the one in which they also interpret and analyze poetry and prose and create their own original works? Which is the better ...
    Posted to XX Factor by KidKibitz on November 30, 2007

  • Everyday Math

    Comment regarding “Even When We Make the Pie Higher, Our Children Isn’t Learning”, by Rachael Larimore Rachael, If I didn’t know better, it sounded like you would ban calculators and computers from math class. As it turns out, my son's school uses Everyday Math. No, they do not use calculators when doing the timed drills for addition, ...
    Posted to XX Factor by Bob Sawyer on November 30, 2007

  • On Learning Mathematics

    Sorry, Rachael, but you totally blew it here. Trusting mathematicallycorrect.com as a source on contemporary mathematics curricula is about as sensible as citing white separatists on genetic IQ. Why not have a look at the Show-Me Center or the Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum? Or, God forbid, the National Council of Teachers of ...
    Posted to XX Factor by KidKibitz on November 29, 2007