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%INCLUDE{WebLogHeading}% %INCLUDE{"%TOPIC%LogPage"}% <!-- * Posted by: Main.CatherineJohnson * LogDate: Jun 09, 2005 @ 16:49 --> _Back to [[WebHome][main page]]._ --- --- ---++ Comments _After entering a comment, users can login anonymously as Main.KtmGuest (password: guest) when prompted_. %BR% _Please consider [[TWiki.TWikiRegistration][registering as a regular user]]._ %BR% _Look [[TWiki.TextFormattingRules][here]] for syntax help_. %BR% %BR% --- HA! I love it! "Flower beds, managing conflicts"? -- Main.CarolynJohnston - 09 Jun 2005 --- You women and your flower beds. I'd rather do the "Free throw game, planning" stuff. I suppose this goes a long way to explain why Johnny and Joanie can't make change of a dollar anymore, doesn't it. -- Main.RayMinchew - 09 Jun 2005 --- Hi Ray! Yes, indeedy, and I haven't even got started posting your stuff! *DUCK, EVERYONE!* -- Main.CatherineJohnson - 09 Jun 2005 --- See, the reason you want to do free throw game, planning, Ray, is that you're a guy, and guys have an *unfair advantage* in <b>[[http://www.kitchentablemath.net/twiki/bin/view/Kitchen/CanAnybodyHerePlayThisGameLogPage][target-directed motor skills]].</b> Weren't you the one who sent me that article in the first place? -- Main.CatherineJohnson - 09 Jun 2005 --- "Fat in fast food", however, everybody can relate to. And "Flea treatment, half-life". (This comparison chart is absolutely classic). -- Main.CarolynJohnston - 09 Jun 2005 --- I saw this list at NYC-Hold and think it's great because in a very small space, parents can get a feel for the overall problem in mathematics education. More specifically, parents can then go to the Singapore Math site and compare real grade-level problems with the homework their kids get. NCTM can talk all they want about constructivism, conceptual understanding, and problem solving, but the proof is in the problems. All that a parent has to do is to compare equal grade level Singapore math and NCTM-type math problems to see who has the better conceptual understanding and problem solving skills. -- Main.KtmGuest - 10 Jun 2005 --- <code> <b> it's great because in a very small space, parents can get a feel for the overall problem in mathematics education </code> </b> Absolutely, and that's what I intend to keep doing, in the 'CompareAndContrast' posts. Just keep putting these things side-by-side, and letting people see just where we stand. I'll repeat here -- we plan to do lots of repeating -- that when Christopher took the Singapore Math placement test at the end of 4th grade he tested into the beginning of 2nd semester 3rd grade. That's an 18-month gap at the age of 10. Recently a friend of mine had her 4th grader take the test, and he managed to test into the beginning of Singapore's 4th grade. Her son tests in the top 99% on mathematical reasoning on the Sanford Binet, and he's a year behind kids in Singapore. -- Main.CatherineJohnson - 10 Jun 2005 %COMMENT{mode="above"}%