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Weekly Math UpdatesMarch 13 , 2008 Contents:
Hi folks, Thought I'd better get this news out. All good. National News - The Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel The Bush Administration's panel has released their math report and it looks like a good piece of work. I can't say I've read it yet since it was just released but based on the people involved on the committee I think there is a strong possibility that this could significantly affect things nationwide. In looking over the main findings which start on page 16 of the pdf (page xvi of the document) there are a number of very positive statements made in several key areas. I suggest you browse the entire list but a few things I noticed are as follows: -Focused and coherent progression of math skills toward success in algebra (the number one predictor of college success) Here's just a couple of excellent quotes on items I didn't mention above. The first is a slam to fuzzy math. Saxon and Singapore approaches have always been balanced between students discovering answers and the teacher directing learning. The second is another slam to fuzzy math advocates in that "real-world" scenarios don't improve computation and problem solving. ASD should reconsider Connected and Interactive math asap.
Unfortunately one of my national contacts had to suggest a wager as to when the publishers of fuzzy math programs would announce they've been doing all these things all along. :) (deep sigh) http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/mathpanel/report/final-report.pdf NPR Report http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88154049 In this 6 minute audio segment NPR shares an excellent piece with this summary:
Cool Art From Nails After finding the NPR piece above I stumbled on another piece on their site where someone has created some pretty cool artistic structures from nails. Check it out here and click the image for a gallery of shots. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87808787 Till next time, Oak Norton If this email was forwarded to you, please go here and sign the petition to get on my mailing list. |
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