PORTLAND ADOPTS INVENTED MATH
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This will soon be adopted by Lake Washington Schools despite
objections from this lone parent. It's even worse than the bottom
ranking Math Correct gave it, it's got sheet music to Bingo, and
takes 2 hrs to prep for a one hour lesson, it won't teach you how to
borrow or carry, and if you know, it's not acceptable anyways.


The NCTM paper claimed that there is NO evidence of massive failure,
despite dozens of horror stories of "programs implemented long enough
to be proven". That's because district tend to dump the stuff as soon
as it become apparent they've got a train wreck.




Date sent:      	Tue, 11 May 1999 08:36:20 -0700
From:           	cassidy@pacifier.com
Send reply to:  	cassidy@pacifier.com
To:             	"ClearingHouse" <education-consumers@lists.dundee.net>
Subject:        	[education-consumers] New Math  program in Portland, OR


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> Oregon's largest school district, Portland Public Schools, just approved
> a new math program for grades K-8.  Despite parent complaints and little
> proof that this method will work well, Portland made the decision to
> implement the NSF-approved programs, Connected Math for middle schools
> and Investigations in Number, Data and Space for elementary schools. 
> These programs are described as "a distinctive new way of teaching math
> that relies heavily on student discovery, not teacher lectures," and
> will "caver fewer topics in greater depth."  The article concludes with
> this:  "Many studies have shown that students do no worse when taught
> the new, discovery-laden approach.  But studies showing that Connected
> Math and Investigations yields measurably better math scores are sparse
> so far." 
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> http://oregonlive.com/news/99/05/st051101.html
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> Dianne Cassidy
> Lake Oswego, OR
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