Comments on: Math truce, maybe http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/03/math-truce-maybe/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:15:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Charles R. Williams http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/03/math-truce-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-71953 Charles R. Williams Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:29:58 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/03/07/math-truce-maybe/#comment-71953 Lack of mastery of fractions is certainly the greatest barrier our students face, number two has got to be poor reading skills, a third is lack of content knowledge in geometry. Lack of mastery of fractions is certainly the greatest barrier our students face, number two has got to be poor reading skills, a third is lack of content knowledge in geometry.

]]> By: Math truce, maybe · One Looking http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/03/math-truce-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-71918 Math truce, maybe · One Looking Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:09:43 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/03/07/math-truce-maybe/#comment-71918 [...] Donklephant wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt A presidential panel is hoping to create a truce in the math wars, reports the Wall Street Journal. Lots of luck, guys. The National Mathematics Advisory Panel, appointed by President Bush in 2006, is expected to urge the nation’s teachers to promote “quick and effortless” recall of arithmetic facts in early grades, mastery of fractions in middle school, and rigorous algebra courses in high school or even earlier. Targeting such key elements of math would mark a sharp departure from the divers [...] [...] Donklephant wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt A presidential panel is hoping to create a truce in the math wars, reports the Wall Street Journal. Lots of luck, guys. The National Mathematics Advisory Panel, appointed by President Bush in 2006, is expected to urge the nation’s teachers to promote “quick and effortless” recall of arithmetic facts in early grades, mastery of fractions in middle school, and rigorous algebra courses in high school or even earlier. Targeting such key elements of math would mark a sharp departure from the divers [...]

]]> By: SuperSub http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/03/math-truce-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-71913 SuperSub Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:44:50 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/03/07/math-truce-maybe/#comment-71913 True, it's not calculator use that hurts calculation skills but the absence of mental math while ONLY using a calculator to solve problems. Nothing in elementary math is so complex, though, to really benefit from calculator use given a student who is comfortable with the basic four functions. Until arithmetic facts are emphasized in ed schools or state ed depts regularly test them few changes will occur. True, it’s not calculator use that hurts calculation skills but the absence of mental math while ONLY using a calculator to solve problems. Nothing in elementary math is so complex, though, to really benefit from calculator use given a student who is comfortable with the basic four functions.

Until arithmetic facts are emphasized in ed schools or state ed depts regularly test them few changes will occur.

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