Reply to Can Kumon overcome Everyday Math

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Can Kumon overcome Everyday Math"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BTW, it does not matter whether someone has a math background or not, the experts have spoken, EDM stinks.

http://www.nychold.com/[/quote]

Hmm.  That's not what studies reviewed by educators at the US Dept of Ed say ...

http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=166
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=587
[/quote]

OK. Aye.
ANY curriculum will have a positive effect. That is one of those no brainer questions. If Susie takes a gymnastics (any class) class, she will know MORE gymnastics in the end, thus a POSITIVE effect. If Susie takes a GOOD gymnastic class, she will know more gymnastics than if she takes a poor gymnastics class. Did you notice that the extent of evidence was small positive?
We want good curricula that will teach more! :)

WIKIPEDIA:

Almost as soon as the first edition was released, it became part of a nationwide controversy over reform mathematics. In October 1999, US Department of Education issued a report labeling Everyday Mathematics as one of five "promising" new math programs.[3] The perceived endorsement of Everyday Mathematics and a number of other textbooks by an agency of the US government caused such outrage among practicing mathematicians and scientists that a group of them drafted an open letter to then Secretary of Education Richard Riley urging him to withdraw the report. The letter [4] appeared in the November 18, 1999 edition of the Post and was eventually signed by over two hundred prominent mathematicians and scientists including four Nobel Laureates [5] , has since become Secretary of Energy and three Fields Medalists, a National Medal of Science winner from the University of Chicago, and the some chairs of math departments.[6]

Two states where the controversy has attracted national attention are California and Texas. California has one of the most rigorous textbook adoption processes and in January 2001 rejected Everyday Mathematics for failing to meet state content standards.[7] Everyday Math stayed off the California textbook lists until 2007 when the publisher released a California version of the 3rd edition that is supplemented with more traditional arithmetic ,[8] reigniting debate at the local level.[9] In late 2007, the Texas State Board of Education took the unusual step of rejecting the 3rd edition of Everyday Math [10] after earlier editions had been in use in more than 70 districts across the state.

What Works Clearinghouse ( or WWC ) [13] reviewed the evidence in support of the Everyday Mathematics program. Of the 61 pieces of evidence submitted by the publisher, 57 did not meet the WWC minimum standards for scientific evidence, four met evidence standards with reservations, and one of those four showed a statistically significant positive effect. Based on the four studies considered, the WWC gave Everyday Math a rating of "Potentially Positive Effect" with the four studies showing a mean improvement in elementary math achievement (versus unspecified alternative programs) of 6 percentile rank points with a range of -7 to +14 percentile rank points, on a scale from -50 to +50.[14][15]
[edit][/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics