constructivism – Norton News https://blog.oaknorton.com Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:55:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 7865306 Students are not College Math Ready https://blog.oaknorton.com/students-are-not-college-math-ready/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/students-are-not-college-math-ready/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:28:54 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=367 Someone sent me a link to this graph which comes from pg. 74 of a PARCC document and shows exactly what’s happening in public education. 89% of high school math instructors believe their students are ready for college level work, yet only 26% of college instructors think they are ready. What’s the disconnect here? Are high […]

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/students-are-not-college-math-ready/feed/ 0 367 The UVU Remedial Math Situation https://blog.oaknorton.com/the-uvu-remedial-math-situation/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/the-uvu-remedial-math-situation/#respond Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:42:07 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=349 Most universities have remedial math courses for students who have had difficulty getting to university math levels. However, few universities have remedial math DEPARTMENTS. UVU is one such university that has been forced to do this because of the low quality math skills of students who arrive at the university. For years the Utah State […]

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/the-uvu-remedial-math-situation/feed/ 0 349 Report Suggests Improvements to ASD Math Program – ALARMING https://blog.oaknorton.com/report-suggests-improvements-to-asd-math-program-alarming/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/report-suggests-improvements-to-asd-math-program-alarming/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:26:41 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=311 If you assumed this was Alpine School District in Utah, it’s not, but it’s the same old story. We’ve just saved $26,000 by not having the study done.  This news report is about Anchorage School District in Alaska which has jumped into constructivist math with the “Everyday Math” program (named thus because it was designed […]

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/report-suggests-improvements-to-asd-math-program-alarming/feed/ 8 311 Better than Singapore Math? https://blog.oaknorton.com/better-than-singapore-math/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/better-than-singapore-math/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:32:37 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=303 Post note: Just to be clear, this is not an endorsement of Jump math. I think the jury is out on it and things I’ve read since this post indicate it may have some issues to resolve, but it does appear to be worth looking into. I received an email Wednesday concerning an article appearing […]

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/better-than-singapore-math/feed/ 10 303 PISA scores and Utah https://blog.oaknorton.com/pisa-scores-and-utah/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/pisa-scores-and-utah/#respond Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:51:57 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=280 Last week on the Rod Arquette show, a Judy Park (??? not sure of last name) from the state office of education spoke with Rod concerning the release of the latest PISA scores (http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/) which help show math, reading, and science ability rankings from around the world. The United States was down the list a […]

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/pisa-scores-and-utah/feed/ 0 280 Chronology of the NEA https://blog.oaknorton.com/chronology-of-the-nea/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/chronology-of-the-nea/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:06:23 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=165 I came across this web page recently while doing some research on John Dewey and John Goodlad. Both men are cut from the same progressive, humanist cloth, and this page tells the incredible tale of how various education and government organizations are intimately tied together.  If you do a search for John Goodlad’s name, you […]

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/chronology-of-the-nea/feed/ 0 165 Teachers Can’t Teach? https://blog.oaknorton.com/teachers-cant-teach/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/teachers-cant-teach/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:34:37 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=153 Confused? Not if you like reform math. Found on the TERC website comes this nonsense: http://investigations.terc.edu/library/bookpapers/constructivist_learning.cfm “In reality, no one can teach mathematics. Effective teachers are those who can stimulate students to learn mathematics. Educational research offers compelling evidence that students learn mathematics well only when they construct their own mathematical understanding (MSEB and National […]

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]]> https://blog.oaknorton.com/teachers-cant-teach/feed/ 0 153 Tragic Parent Story https://blog.oaknorton.com/tragic-parent-story/ https://blog.oaknorton.com/tragic-parent-story/#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:51:18 +0000 http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=130 Although it is tragic when I get stories like this expressing the frustration of a parent over how constructivism has destroyed a child’s love for math, it is not unexpected.  I have received many of these over the years but I believe this is a good time for middle and upper math constructivism to get […]

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