Mark
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12/3/04
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Re: Re: Portland Problem Solving Scores Fall
Posted:
Sep 30, 2002 1:39 AM
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Lola: You pose some very poigant questions. I just finished a
telephone conversation with a colleague in Portland Pubic Schools to
get the answers to your questions. First, Investigations was adopted
and mandated K-6 district-wide. The program was implemented with the
"help" of approximately 10-12 TOSAs (Teachers On Special Assignment)
available for consultation. These TOSAs also provided each teacher,
via email, daily/weekly lesson plans for the implementation of
Investigations. The implication of this is that the program was too
cumbersome for the teachers to develop their OWN lesson plans. Test
scores were not broken down into the areas you mentioned.
Lola, I am certainly not an opponent to change. Quite the contrary!
I do, however, have an aversion to the huge swings in all curriculum
that are taken. There is, and always has been, a balance. Case in
point - WHOLE LANGUAGE! Investigations, and constructivist programs
like it, are nothing more, in my humble opinion, WHOLE MATH! The
pendulum has simply swung to far to the left. As with whole language,
I'm sure eventually, math instruction will take a swing more to the
center with solid, balanced math instruction.
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