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Algebra Tiles
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Feb 12, 2002 6:42 PM
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RE: Calculus in 9th grade and such, was Re: Algebra Tiles
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Feb 10, 2002 2:40 AM
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Well, you are not a sport, how can you be a good math teacher? How can i trust my child to be educated and well rounded student if you are the teacher. I am glad you are no longer part of this list!!. I hope that no one like you joint the list and no one like you be part of it.!!!!!!!! Take it like a man!!!!!!
At 11:47 PM 2/9/2002 +0000, David McLaren wrote: Mea culpa, mea culpa.
I have unsuscribed.
Have a good day.
David
-----Original Message----- From: owner-mathedcc@mathforum.org [mailto://owner-mathedcc@mathforum.org]On Behalf Of Lillie Crowley Sent: 09 February 2002 18:12 To: mrobison@voyager.net Cc: raypublk@san.rr.com; mathedcc@mathforum.com Subject: Re: Calculus in 9th grade and such, was Re: Algebra Tiles
Mike's first point (the one about this being a community college mathematics list) is one that all readers herein should note. The list was conceived as a forum for discussion of matters that concern community college mathematics instruction; some seem to
Lillie
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Robison <mrobison@voyager.net> To: raypublk@san.rr.com Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 11:14:15 -0500 Subject: Calculus in 9th grade and such, was Re: Algebra Tiles
RayM wrote:
> Anyway, I'm left with a sense that too much of the problem definition on > this list is how to band aid situations that never should have come to be > and far too little about how to change the system to do it right in the > first place.
I can think of two valid reasons for that:
First, the focus of this list is teaching mathematics in community colleges, not restructuring k-12 education in the United States. While I have considerable interest in the second topic, it is not the main purpose of the list, nor is it within any of our authority.
Second, while I strongly believe that the teacher and the curriculum are important, no matter what teachers do, relatively few students are going to be ready for study of calculus, as currently conceived, by 9th grade. Even in the 1950's, that didn't happen, to say the least. Some kids, apparently including yours, simply learn faster.
Tying the two points together, I would like to ask, as I do periodically, that all of you, particularly in Community colleges, be receptive to the highly capable and very young student who wants to be in your class. Even remedial college classes tend to have a faster pace than the k-12 presentation of the same material. Since the standard k-12 presentation may be stifling for highly capable students, college is an important option for some of them.
Mike -- Mike Robison MA, Teaching Mathematics, Secondary Mathematics Teacher Ph.D. Candidate in Mathematics Education Michigan State University mrobison@voyager.net http://www.msu.edu/user/robiso12/Teacher.htm "Expecting all children the same age to learn from the same materials is like expecting all children the same age to wear the same size clothing." M. Hunter **************************************************************************** * To post to the list: email mathedcc@mathforum.org * * To unsubscribe, email the message "unsubscribe mathedcc" to majordomo@mathforum.org * * Archives at http://mathforum.org/epigone/mathedcc/ * ****************************************************************************
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