http://educationmatters.us/2007/10/01/dance-of-the-math-lemons/ Reform Education because Education Mattes Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:37:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://educationmatters.us/2007/10/01/dance-of-the-math-lemons/#comment-1357 Allison Rosenberg Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:48:14 +0000 http://educationmatters.us/?p=824#comment-1357 Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth: Meteorologist M. J. McDermott presents vivid illustrations of the problems with fuzzy math, using specific examples from Everyday Math and TERC Investigations. I was almost in tears when I viewed this video. I couldn't put into words why my Montessori kids were not getting the math and science they needed when we entered a local public school in third grade. The third grade class stayed on value placement for two months. I could see my daughter disinterest in math immediately. We have moved to a private school, but even there I don't feel the academics are strong enough. My family thinks I'm crazy and too demanding of the schools. The school put her in a gifted program-what? why weren't all of these children functioning at the same level. I was appalled. It was as if they were trying to make me feel good by this statement, when in actuality I realized they didn't have a clue how to create an environment worth learning about. Thank you for putting into words(video) what I could not. Thankyou. Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth:
Meteorologist M. J. McDermott presents vivid illustrations of the problems with fuzzy math,
using specific examples from Everyday Math and TERC Investigations. I was almost in tears when I viewed this video.
I couldn’t put into words why my Montessori kids were not getting the math and science they needed when we entered a
local public school in third grade. The third grade class stayed on value placement for two months. I could see my
daughter disinterest in math immediately. We have moved to a private school, but even there I don’t feel
the academics are strong enough. My family thinks I’m crazy and too demanding of the schools. The school put her in
a gifted program-what? why weren’t all of these children functioning at the same level. I was appalled. It was
as if they were trying to make me feel good by this statement, when in actuality I realized they didn’t have a clue
how to create an environment worth learning about. Thank you for putting into words(video) what I could not. Thankyou.

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