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Re: Why?
Posted:
Oct 27, 2012 10:48 PM
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On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Robert Hansen <bob@rsccore.com> wrote:
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> I have studied the exams and test results of all of these countries, and
> their curriculums when available. I have found no evidence of teaching
> algebra to elementary kids. If they were teaching algebra to 4th graders as
> you suggest then the 8th grade exams would be off the charts. They owe
> their success to a very simple notion. They take arithmetic in practice
> very seriously. Naturally then, when they take an exam of that is
> essentially arithmetic in practice, they do very well.
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> Bob Hansen
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Exams and test results at the national level will not always show pilot
projects or innovate ones as blips on the radar.
http://ronypony.blogspot.com/2011/02/gattegno-cuisenaire-rods-elementary.html
Case in point: if there's no standardized algebra test for first graders
(I don't think there is), then first graders learning algebra will have no
chance to shine.
Kirby
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