Navigate KTM
- KitchenTableMath
- What's New
- FAQ
- Book-style Index
- Ask a Question
- Search Comments
- Search Blog Posts
- Monthly Archives
- Search by Category
- Register as a User
- Register as our Guest
Kitchen Table Math
KTM User Pages
Service Groups
- Mathematically Correct
- WhatWorksClearinghouse
- Progressive Policy Institute
- Education Trust
- Illinois Loop
- Fordham Foundation
- New York City HOLD
Parent Groups
- Plano Parent Rights
- Informed Residents of Reading
- Teach Us Math
- Save Our Children from Mediocre Math
Personal Pages
Blogs
- Animals In Translation
- Eduwonk
- The Education Wonks
- Instructivist
- Jenny D
- Joanne Jacobs
- Learning Curves
- Math And Text
- MathMan
- Number 2 Pencil
- Oh, snap!
- Parent Pundit
- Vlorbik
- D-Ed Reckoning
- Teens And Tweens
Special lists
Help
06 Jul 2005 - 22:18
The good news here is that once a child gets referred to special ed, he receives direct instruction in maths. When I was trying to figure out what textbooks our middle school uses, I discovered that the accelerated kids use Prentice-Hall, which is the more-or-less traditional text Carolyn's using with Ben right now The special ed kids use ...heck. I forget. (I'll look it up.) What I do remember is that the special ed book was given a B+ by mathematicallycorrect. The big bulk of kids in the middle, following the 'average' math track, use Math Thematics. Rated 'D+ Not Suitable to pre-Algebra'. If you're at the top of the heap or the bottom of the heap, you get direct instruction. If you're in the middle, it's discovery-time for you-you-you!!!!
NoComment
MoneyTalks
Back to main page.
Please consider registering as a regular user.
Look here for syntax help.
I love this special ed teacher from DPS who said this. I couldn't get anyone at our school in the Boulder Valley School District to admit that Everyday Math might be less than ideal for anyone but Ben. And Everyday Math isn't even the worst of the constructivist curricula, by a long shot. David Klein told me that that honor belongs to MathLand. -- CarolynJohnston - 06 Jul 2005
No kidding--good for him/her. Did you see Bas' quote about Everyday Math being the least-bad fuzzy? Boy. I wonder if he's ever looked at TRAILBLAZERS. -- CatherineJohnson - 08 Jul 2005
special ed referrals thanks to Everyday Math
Yes, I realize everyone could just go over to Rocky Mountain News and read the letters himself. But that would be too easy. Remember, the Berenson Family Motto:no common sense-y
From a DPS teacher: Thanks so much for your column! I agree with you completely. As a special education teacher for DPS, I can tell you that Everyday Math has done for math what whole language did for reading. We have seen an increase in special education referrals for math problems since the program began.
The good news here is that once a child gets referred to special ed, he receives direct instruction in maths. When I was trying to figure out what textbooks our middle school uses, I discovered that the accelerated kids use Prentice-Hall, which is the more-or-less traditional text Carolyn's using with Ben right now The special ed kids use ...heck. I forget. (I'll look it up.) What I do remember is that the special ed book was given a B+ by mathematicallycorrect. The big bulk of kids in the middle, following the 'average' math track, use Math Thematics. Rated 'D+ Not Suitable to pre-Algebra'. If you're at the top of the heap or the bottom of the heap, you get direct instruction. If you're in the middle, it's discovery-time for you-you-you!!!!
NoComment
MoneyTalks
Back to main page.
Comments
After entering a comment, users can login anonymously as KtmGuest (password: guest) when prompted.Please consider registering as a regular user.
Look here for syntax help.
I love this special ed teacher from DPS who said this. I couldn't get anyone at our school in the Boulder Valley School District to admit that Everyday Math might be less than ideal for anyone but Ben. And Everyday Math isn't even the worst of the constructivist curricula, by a long shot. David Klein told me that that honor belongs to MathLand. -- CarolynJohnston - 06 Jul 2005
No kidding--good for him/her. Did you see Bas' quote about Everyday Math being the least-bad fuzzy? Boy. I wonder if he's ever looked at TRAILBLAZERS. -- CatherineJohnson - 08 Jul 2005
| WebLogForm | |
|---|---|
| Title: | special ed referrals thanks to Everyday Math |
| TopicType: | WebLog |
| SubjectArea: | AboutCurricula, EverydayMath |
| LogDate: | 200507061817 |