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Anonymous wrote:At our school, it is done in class. Then it is expected for h.w. We were told students math grade and passing to the next grade depends on completion. Is this done at other schools?

Not our of DCPS. If they tired this on there would be a revolt from the parents. Check with the teacher or head of school. Some teachers at our school liked to threaten kids with missing stuff if JiJi was not done. None of it true, but kids did not know that. I bet some teachers bonus are attached to having 100% of kids complete JiJi.

100% completion was part of my IMPACT score.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At our school, it is done in class. Then it is expected for h.w. We were told students math grade and passing to the next grade depends on completion. Is this done at other schools?

Not our of DCPS. If they tired this on there would be a revolt from the parents. Check with the teacher or head of school. Some teachers at our school liked to threaten kids with missing stuff if JiJi was not done. None of it true, but kids did not know that.

I bet some teachers bonus are attached to having 100% of kids complete JiJi.

Given the number of emails we get from the teachers telling us to make sure our kids are on track with ST math, I wouldn't doubt that.

Anonymous wrote:At our school, it is done in class. Then it is expected for h.w. We were told students math grade and passing to the next grade depends on completion. Is this done at other schools?

Not our of DCPS. If they tired this on there would be a revolt from the parents. Check with the teacher or head of school. Some teachers at our school liked to threaten kids with missing stuff if JiJi was not done. None of it true, but kids did not know that. I bet some teachers bonus are attached to having 100% of kids complete JiJi.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone must be getting a kickback, because it's a program that has no research support at all in improving math achievement. It does nothing to improve mathematical thinking and it's lazy teaching, frankly.

I agree.

I agree. DC{PA forces schools to do it. There is some quasi experimental design research that suggest it helps test scores. But the comparator group is never described, so we don't know if kids are better off doing something else.

I have always been shocked that DCPS puts so much money and time into this program, which would be good for some kids, but overall is not a magic bullet. And teachers are forced to have all kids keeps up with that program even if their professional opinion is that it is not suitable for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS teacher, I hate it. It does not allow differentiation. The smart kids learn how to game GiGi and the lessons make everyone work on the same skill whether they already know the skills.

Then your math specialist isn’t differentiating it. Ours will level the kids so everyone works on skills they need. Homework can be assigned as well. If a kid needs addition then they specialist can reorder the lessons for addition first.

It's also apparent that this teacher hasn't gone through any of the trainings on it or read any of the material. They would know it's JiJi and not GiGi. So take his/her experience with a grain of salt.

At our school, it is done in class. Then it is expected for h.w. We were told students math grade and passing to the next grade depends on completion. Is this done at other schools?

Anonymous wrote:DCPS teacher, I hate it. It does not allow differentiation. The smart kids learn how to game GiGi and the lessons make everyone work on the same skill whether they already know the skills.

Then your math specialist isn’t differentiating it. Ours will level the kids so everyone works on skills they need. Homework can be assigned as well. If a kid needs addition then they specialist can reorder the lessons for addition first.