Would the use of Everyday math turn you off?
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Anonymous
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I am thinking about another thread where a parent was turned off when she heard that the school would be using Everyday Math.
I am turned off by that, but I wonder who else would be. It bothers me because I feel that the school is either not tuned in, inflexible, or too cheap to revamp. |
Anonymous
| Knowing what I know now, it would turn me off. |
Anonymous
| please explain |
Anonymous
| I've heard that Everyday Math is supposed to help kids see that there are, sometimes, multiple strategies to figure out math problems. I think the idea is to get away from memorization and tune the kids in to problem solving. Is this what you've heard? I'm not saying it is good or bad - I don't know yet - but I think this is the rationale for it. |
Anonymous
| Yes. If a private school actually choses Everyday Math I would worry about what other choices they would make. |
Anonymous
+1. BTDT and so glad our schoool is changing this year before my kid is still counting on his fingers at 25. The spiral apporach results in almost no one understanding anything, especially if it is used in a class with an aggressive pace thatnever pauses on anything. |
Anonymous
This is such a ridiculous comment. Get over yourself. |
Anonymous
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I don't have much opinion one way or the other on this topic, but when I do an internet search, I find lots of highly agitated people posting comments claiming EDM may well destroy the US education system. And when I find actual studies with real data, they seem to say positive things about EDM -- http://www.burnsparkpto.org/files/EDMReview.pdf
I must admit that I now find myself a little biased in favor of EDM, simply because I came across some editorial by Michelle Malkin attacking EDM. Anything Michelle Malkin hates that much can't be all bad .... |
Anonymous
The publisher has been spending TONS of money on reasearch to support it, but that is not the OP's question. |
Anonymous
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Our school uses it, and my second grader is in the midst of it. I will say that I was nervous about it at first, but I'm actually finding that it's working well for him. He comes up with all sorts of ways to solve simple equations that I would never have thought of. The important thing is that I think he really understands the concepts behind them.
Still, I'm going to be watching it closely in the coming years. I can't imagine learning algebra this way. |
Anonymous
| Everyday Math is one of a very small select curricula that meet standards set by both NCTM and NSF. They promote a deeper, more conceptual understanding of math that goes beyond rote memorization. If taught well, students learn to problem solve, communicate, think intuitively, and ultimately develop a far stronger repertoire of math skills than most traditional curricula allow. I'm curious what people's objections are besides the fact that it is different and kids don't memorize as much as they once did. |
Anonymous
That should say "...very small set of curricula..." |
Anonymous
| What is being taught at your kids schools? I found that a lot of private schools use EDM in the lower school. I know some Catholic schools that use Saxon as well. |
Anonymous
But as the OP, this was not the question. I was really curious about the impact that curriculum has on making a decision. |
Anonymous
| I was happy to see that Green Acres and Norwood are NOT using it. Neither is MCPS. We will be switching to private school in a couple of years and have these two schools in mind, so the switch should be painless. |