District decides to go back to traditional math A huge number of people have worked long and hard to put the math back in math education at Columbia Public Schools. Thank you! Michelle Pruitt ...
CPS Secondary Math Curriculum Coordinator Chip Sharp provided average ACT scores reported by course enrollment which are used in the figures below. Plotting the data in several ways gives food fo...
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Non-standard techniques, inadequate practice and low expectations lead to poor conceptual understanding of mathematics In Fall 2006, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) relea...
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The MAP (Missouri Assessment Program) 4th grade mathematics test includes nationally normed multiple choice items from the TerraNova assessment from CTB/McGraw-Hill (p.2 in the MAP examiner's man...
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COMMENTS addressed to the National Mathematics Advisory Panel , September 6, 2007: I represent a parent group in Columbia, Missouri. Our community is a microcosm of the national math debate,...
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CONTRIBUTED BY JOAN O'KEEFE I am from the Village of Ridgewood in New Jersey. So you may say I am a villager with a pitchfork. That American Gothic image of the farm couple, they would not send ...
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Contributed by Alexander Koldobsky The quality of the secondary math education in the United States has long become a standard joke among mathematicians around the world. It is very painful to s...
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Maybe you thought that since your student was getting good grades in math, you could relax. The experiences of many parents who have signed the CPR-Math petition should at least make you wonder:...
http://maththatworks.blogspot.com/2007/06/whats-parent-to-do.html
At their "Parent Math Nights," CPS administrators showed CPS student ACT scores and rates of enrollment in post-secondary remedial math that compare favorably to other districts in Missouri with ...
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by Tere DeWitt A well written mathematics textbook is a thing of beauty to the math teacher. It has many layers and nuances that might not be obvious to the casual observer. The components that ...
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The Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test (IAAT) is used as a placement test in the Columbia Public Schools and is administered to all students in 7th grade to help identify honors vs. regular math placemen...
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Visit Weapons of Math Destruction in Alpine City, Utah for excellent advice if you're moving to a new school district and want to avoid fuzzy math. They list districts known to use constructivis...
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We'll use this blog to publish information about math curricula used in the Columbia Public Schools and the school district curriculum review that is currently in progress. Links to recent media...
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