tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post7026582893530772985..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: fun with numbersCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-60866288707434011652007-02-20T06:59:00.000-08:002007-02-20T06:59:00.000-08:00The ability to do calculations, as we've just seen...The ability to do calculations, as we've just seen thanks to giving our kid the ITBS OURSELVES, is neither natural nor inevitable.<BR/><BR/>I actually now have a kid who scores very well on "conceptual" math (not using the term ironically - "conceptual" means word problems in the ITBS) but very poorly, comparatively speaking, on computation. (88th percentile nationally on math; 75th percentile nationally on computation)<BR/><BR/>Math is so difficult to understand that even I chronically forget how hard it is <I>just to do math</I>.<BR/><BR/>My school district doesn't care one way or the other.<BR/><BR/>"If students need distributed practice parents can find free worksheets online."Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-15908098783985553412007-02-20T06:55:00.000-08:002007-02-20T06:55:00.000-08:00death by datadeath by dataCatherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-60611885463495180992007-02-20T06:53:00.000-08:002007-02-20T06:53:00.000-08:00Poor Prince William County. The two KUMON center o...Poor Prince William County. The two KUMON center owners in that county are probably celebrating. Everyday Mathematics was adopted in the neighboring county (Stafford) a couple of years ago, we have a very successful Huntington franchise here - but no KUMON centers. <BR/><BR/>If I wasn't busy homeschooling - I'd open a KUMON center asap.<BR/><BR/>NicksmamaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-68332534840356685362007-02-20T05:51:00.000-08:002007-02-20T05:51:00.000-08:00Another school district bites the dustThat is some...<I>Another school district bites the dust</I><BR/><BR/>That is some article. So many quotes stand out, but the overall patronizing tone in regard to the parents is amazing.<BR/><BR/><I>It's the processes of using mathematics that are being valued in the workplace today, not just the ability to do calculations," Morris said. "And that's what Investigations is teaching them."</I><BR/><BR/>I'd be all for letting them do what they want if they could just get that "ability to do calculations." They act as though that's a given in all classrooms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com