Just sort of interesting:
Can Less Equal More? - Proposal to teach math students fewer concepts in greater depth has divided Md. educators.
Maryland currently has between 50 and 60 math objectives for each grade.
"The State Department of Education is now meeting with math supervisors in each jurisdiction around the state to get a consensus on whether they should follow the Focal Points."
If you remember, Curriculum Focal Points is a fairly new document released by the NCTM. It identifies three most important subject areas or 'focal points' for each grade.
Note it idenfities ONLY THREE major objectives per grade. Contrast that to typical state math curriculum objectives list...
(I don't think they mean that's the only mathematics content for each grade, just that those are the most important critical areas that teachers should put a lot of emphasis on.)
Like I've said before, the focal points document is good reading for teachers and homeschoolers alike. You can try keep those three major goals or focal points in mind as you go thru school year and plan your lessons and various activities.
See also my earlier post on this.
Sabtu, 06 Januari 2007
Kamis, 04 Januari 2007
Microscope giveaway
No, this is not my giveaway but is happening at HsLaunch.com... they're trying to launch a new homeschooling website with a bang, and have a microscope giveaway going on, till 15th of January.
Feel free to spread the word.
This actually reminds me that I was planning to have a giveaway thingy too, in the near future... Keep tuned.
Feel free to spread the word.
This actually reminds me that I was planning to have a giveaway thingy too, in the near future... Keep tuned.
Selasa, 02 Januari 2007
It's 2007!
Welcome to 2007!
Do you have any expectations for this year?
For my websites and books, I am expecting growth. I've put a lot of effort, and still am, in developing the Math Mammoth books.
But alongside those, I keep building the sites as well.
Yesterday I wrote an article explaining the square root concept for my MamutMatematicas.com site (in Spanish). It took quite some time... I hope it turned out okay.
My goal was to just write real clear and easy explanation of the square root. If you happen to know Spanish, go check it out and let me know how it reads :
¿Que es la raíz cuadrada y cómo se la calcula?
I've noticed that in Spanish, there is NOT the same wealth of mathematical information as you can find in English. We're just about flooding in English math related websites, I sometimes feel. But not in Spanish ones.
Here's some more... (of those English math websites):
The Evolution of Real Numbers
An excellent tutorial on the difference of rational and irrational numbers and how the thinking on those has "evolved" in history; covers topics such as ratio of natural numbers, continuous versus discrete, unit fractions, measurement, common measure, squares and their sides etc.
Math-Kitecture.com
Architecture and math resources. Students learn estimation, measuring skills, proportion, and ratios by hand-drafting a floor plan of their classroom to scale.
A math GAME for 2007 - Write expressions for each of the counting numbers 1 through 100, using the digits in the year 2007, standard operations, and grouping symbols. This puzzle is good for students in grades 3-12 with a general knowledge of mathematics.
Oh, yes and one more thing. If you followed the "tag along with me" conversation, I asked people to guess where I was from... not many guessed, but anyway the right answer is Finland. Here's the uni I went to.
Do you have any expectations for this year?
For my websites and books, I am expecting growth. I've put a lot of effort, and still am, in developing the Math Mammoth books.
But alongside those, I keep building the sites as well.
Yesterday I wrote an article explaining the square root concept for my MamutMatematicas.com site (in Spanish). It took quite some time... I hope it turned out okay.
My goal was to just write real clear and easy explanation of the square root. If you happen to know Spanish, go check it out and let me know how it reads :
¿Que es la raíz cuadrada y cómo se la calcula?
I've noticed that in Spanish, there is NOT the same wealth of mathematical information as you can find in English. We're just about flooding in English math related websites, I sometimes feel. But not in Spanish ones.
Here's some more... (of those English math websites):
The Evolution of Real Numbers
An excellent tutorial on the difference of rational and irrational numbers and how the thinking on those has "evolved" in history; covers topics such as ratio of natural numbers, continuous versus discrete, unit fractions, measurement, common measure, squares and their sides etc.
Math-Kitecture.com
Architecture and math resources. Students learn estimation, measuring skills, proportion, and ratios by hand-drafting a floor plan of their classroom to scale.
A math GAME for 2007 - Write expressions for each of the counting numbers 1 through 100, using the digits in the year 2007, standard operations, and grouping symbols. This puzzle is good for students in grades 3-12 with a general knowledge of mathematics.
Oh, yes and one more thing. If you followed the "tag along with me" conversation, I asked people to guess where I was from... not many guessed, but anyway the right answer is Finland. Here's the uni I went to.
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