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re. Your child and NCTM
Posted:
Nov 13, 1999 2:34 PM
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Anna,
I'm just a math prof at a community college in California (see what
happens when you post to one of these lists?) but I'm interested in
your problem.
As I understand the Standards, there should be four areas of emphasis
at all grade levels which I will very loosely characterize as:
1. Algebra/symbolic abstraction and logic,
2. Arithmetic/numerical manipulation,
3. Geometry/graphs&visual info
4. Words/problem solving & communication
It sounds like your child is experiencing only #4, is that right? If
so, you have a legitimate gripe. Still, #4 is important. If your
child doesn't like reading for comprehension, then he's in trouble.
How is his reading? What kind of word problems does he get? What are
the course materials?
On 13 Nov 99, Anna Ling wrote re. My child and NCTM:
> I am just a parent, but a very concerned parent!
> My child is a sixth grader, Always excelling in math, until now!
> This year his teachers have been teaching the new methods for math
> and science. My child is bored, frustrated and confused of what is
> expected of him. Is this the math that is going to help our children
> in the future? And if so how? I am not a well educated person and I
> don't have much information on this new standard, or new way of
> teaching. But I do know this is not working for my child. Is this
> suppose to work for every child? This year he has only done solving
> and writing word problems, Shouldn't he be learning 6th and or 7th
> grade math. He is in the excell progam and he is not excelling, nor
> does he now have the ambition to excell.
> Can someone please enlighten me?
> How much research has been done on this program? Or is the children
of
> today tomorrow's research?
>
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