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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Isn't this simply Every Day Math (University of Chicago)?

What do folk think of Every Day Math? [/quote]

We are not there yet so I may have the wrong impression but doesn't it involve lots of word problems? There is a difference between doing math and reading through word problems in a worksheet. Kids can excel in math but have more difficulty reading, slower processing, or more difficulty with reading comprehension. If you give them straight numbers, an experiment that uses math, or an activity that they will do that involves math they speed through it. If you wrap it in language skills they can get bogged down with the language skills and not enjoy the math.

I know that my kids enjoy things like word scrambles, finding words that can be spelled backward and forwards, or word activities that are more pattern oriented but other reading activities including word problems or anything in paragraph form almost makes them zone out. They can do it but they hate these things. My 5 year old was in tears when the math assignments started becoming word problems. She quickly figured out which words to look for and the numbers so she could just do the math and get the right answer but her teacher made her read out loud the full paragraph which brought her to tears.

Again I could be wrong but its seems like EveryDay math had some good ideas but ended up being more a combination of language skills along with math. Most teachers that we have met and curriculums we have seen focus much more on language skills than math so I think Everyday Math may dilute math even more in the classroom application.
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