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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is your kid in school? My kids have a lot of direct instruction at Gunston but I agree that APS should be looking at systemic issues. I personally think they need more regular math home work (actual worksheets not just dreambox) starting in 4th grade. I print extra homework out myself that I get from teacherspayteachers.[/quote]

My older kid also got (good) direct instruction at Gunston. Younger kid gets direct instruction in ES, but it’s whole class, and kid complains that it’s boring once she understands the concept. [/quote]
At Hamm, students are mostly expected to self teach concepts with online videos.  [/quote]

You actually have a kid at DHMS? Which teacher did your kid have?

My kids have had multiple math teachers 6-8 and were taught in person and expected to take notes.

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I have had two kids at dhms— the teachers teach using a “workshop” model.  Instruction is done through guided note work sheets where the teacher is supposed to walk around and correct and answer questions.  Only one of my two kids teachers ever did that though.  That’s one out of 6 different teachers!   They had videos posted on canvas that explain concepts.  I think maybe you lucked out![/quote]
Sorry my post above was really unclear.  Only one out of six teachers my kids have had at dhms taught in person.  All the other teachers just handed out notes/worksheets and posted videos on canvas and you were expected to ask questions during phoenix time if you didn’t understand.  [/quote]

This just doesn't sound believable at all.

We are on our 6th teacher now and [u]none[/u] have done that. The teachers walk through the guided notes with the class and then do several example problems together as a class. Then kids have classwork and/or homework. 
[/quote]So the APS slides linked by OP highlight that teachers should be using a workshop model, and then several posters at both DHMS and other schools report the same issue with kids being expected to self teach and they're not believable? I think you just don't want to believe.  My kid has a "good" math teacher and comes home frustrated pretty frequently because a concept wasn't taught at all, which seems to be standard in their math class.  There's lots of watching videos to learn.

So what do you attribute to the falling math scores?   [/quote]

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