tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post6037350386146344558..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: what's to like about KhanCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-31180756233619218552011-12-21T18:29:08.555-08:002011-12-21T18:29:08.555-08:00I do zero lecturing. As much as I hate to associat...I do zero lecturing. As much as I hate to associate myself with anything constructivist, I would have to say that I do, at most, "mini-lessons."<br /><br />Lecture CANNOT happen with my student population. <br /><br />I'm not sure it should happen in any event inside a composition class ---- BUT I can imagine learning a great deal from a lecture on syntax, style, etc. myself - and in fact own a copy of The Teaching Company's course on "Great Sentences."<br /><br />Of course, I haven't gotten beyond Lecture number 2.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-56979591783737619482011-12-21T18:27:22.505-08:002011-12-21T18:27:22.505-08:00Unfortunately, the math problems she does in schoo...<i>Unfortunately, the math problems she does in school aren't corrected, as I discovered after the teacher sent the workbooks home.</i><br /><br />RIGHT!<br /><br />That's the whole deal these days!<br /><br />No one in my district ever "collects and corrects"; kids have no idea whether they got the questions right.<br /><br />We spent years pushing the district to look at student HW. (fyi: I wrote a series of posts documenting my near-FOIL of the Teacher Edition of the math textbook. Because the teachers refused to check HW, I was doing it, and because I couldn't get a copy of the Teacher Edition I was having to do all the algebra assignments myself, then cross-check with C's answers. If our answers didn't agree, we both had to re-do to see which one of us had made a mistake. It was LUDICROUS.)Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-62873953093660984492011-12-21T18:24:03.851-08:002011-12-21T18:24:03.851-08:00I am absolutely not in favor of the "flipped&...<i>I am absolutely not in favor of the "flipped" classroom at the level of remedial mathematics that I teach at my local cc.</i><br /><br />Amen to that.<br /><br />My students are all "developmental," and online learning is a big challenge for them. <br /><br />That said, I had one student this fall who had taken an online course over the summer and seemed to have learned a lot. (I'm not sure what the course was on -- possibly grammar alone.)<br /><br />I don't have any before and after data on him, but he constantly gave the impression of really having absorbed the grammar taught in the online course. He brought it up frequently & had the 'friendliest' attitude toward grammar of any student in the class (if 'friendly' makes sense ---- )<br /><br />He was also one of the strongest students in the class & was planning to minor in religious studies.<br /><br />So in his case he had probably been required to take a course in a confined and limited subject that he was naturally inclined to 'spark' to.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-76732298508855098002011-12-21T18:22:18.087-08:002011-12-21T18:22:18.087-08:00I like the idea of doing math problems in class ti...I like the idea of doing math problems in class time, especially for my 8-yr-old. Unfortunately, the math problems she does in school aren't corrected, as I discovered after the teacher sent the workbooks home.<br /><br /><a href="http://kidfriendlyschools.blogspot.com/2011/12/learning-from-your-mistakes.html" rel="nofollow">Learning From Your Mistakes</a>FedUpMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-11185938826877319112011-12-21T13:10:29.914-08:002011-12-21T13:10:29.914-08:00I wouldn't call that flipped. It's what I ...I wouldn't call that flipped. It's what I call "Do All Work In Class". There is no homework. There is nothing to flip. I know some teachers who have given up assigning most homework because they know it won't get done. They actually might end up with more learning compared to the insanity approach; keep assigning homework and keep assuming that it will get done. I just don't want to be told (as many do in math) that this model is somehow better for all students.SteveHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956560674752399562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-70836943250365322002011-12-21T12:56:10.472-08:002011-12-21T12:56:10.472-08:00I am absolutely not in favor of the "flipped&...I am absolutely not in favor of the "flipped" classroom at the level of remedial mathematics that I teach at my local cc.<br /><br />However, I am in favor of "flipped" class sessions. By "flipped", I mean that students do problems in the classroom during class time. I teach a basic math class. Students at this level have problems with all of the topics I teach to a varying degree. But all students have problems with fractions. So when I am teaching fractions, I take two class periods (2 hours each after I have completely taught all about fractions) that I use strictly for fraction worksheets. I specifically designed these worksheets (3 in all). Each worksheet is 30 problems. They must get 27 out of 30 to go on to the next one. The last one is a mixture of all types of fractions. If they can get 27 out of 30 on that one, they have mastered the topic.<br /><br />But doing worksheets during the class period is not 'fun'. It's tedious and exhausting. But the students who stick with me during these two classes have really mastered fractions.Anne Dwyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548346496596196253noreply@blogger.com