Wayne
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12/3/04
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Re: algorithm
Posted:
Sep 27, 2001 8:18 PM
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Is your district's current standardized test rigidly timed with many,
many stand alone computations so that speed is the most important
factor? Or, are there relatively few stand alone computation items in
an untimed test so that a correct answer with an explanation of how it
was obtained is more important than speed? If it is the latter stick
with the Investigations program - your students are certainly able to
figure out and explain computations since they tend to understand the
mathematics behind them. However, if it is the former, then the test
does not reflect what you are teaching since it is testing rote
memorization instead of understanding. Stick with the Investigations
program anyway but see if the district will look toward using a
standardized test (like the New Standards Reference Exam or the
Integrated Performance Assessment System) where what you teach and
what is tested is a much closer match.
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