Here’s a fun academic paper to read. I realize that sounds like a contradiction in terms, but the paper is only three pages long and well written. W. Stephen Wilson, math professor at Johns Hopkins University, was told by a colleague heavily involved in K-12 math education that only a small fraction of college kids…
The Journal News today reported on the Pelham Math Committee’s efforts to replace Investigations, leading with: “A group of parents, concerned their children are falling behind in basic arithmetic, are pushing the Pelham school district to re-examine the way it teaches math in elementary school.” You can read the article here. If you want the…
The newly formed Pelham Math Committee urges the Pelham Union Free School District Board of Education to undertake an objective evaluation of the district’s K-5 math curriculum. The committee does not believe the Rutgers University math education group identified for the project will conduct an unbiased evaluation of the effectiveness of the program, Investigations, and…
Here’s a good article on math fluency from Scholastic.com. There are some cites below the article to additional research that may be worth looking into, if anyone wants more insight into this topic. It’s brain science showing Investigations is the wrong approach. A good straight forward read on the importance of fluency (the ability to calculate).…
The Pelham Math Committee has started a petition for parents and community members to consider. If you would like to see Investigations removed from our elementary schools, please consider signing. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/pelhammath/
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