[Simtrainer-l] Math programs recs

Sun Mar 3 09:30:36 CST 2019

Hi Ed,

Here is a study of four curricula. Study the table on page 4:
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I wouldn't adopt a fully scripted curriculum, but wouldn't adopt a fully
exploratory (constructivist) one either.

It is important that all the teachers view the full scope of the math
curriculum PreK - 12 to see how concepts are developed over time. (Yes, the
first grade teacher should look all the way through the high school
topics.) I am tutoring high school integrated math right now. Most students
require 5-7 hrs of tutoring a week--disabled or not--because they do not
have enough modeling and practice. Explicit strategies are not taught.

The folks at NCSU have developed a trajectory web of the mathematics
curriculum: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sudds.co%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csimtrainer-l%40lists.ku.edu%7C9c3fcd4e4384497ce81808d69fed3676%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C1%7C636872238503368751&sdata=8bjes73OC6ipBfldx9EF5hS7SkHyIOSvfmuE8i%2F%2FplU%3D&reserved=0
and Clements for birth through age 8: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.learningtrajectories.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csimtrainer-l%40lists.ku.edu%7C9c3fcd4e4384497ce81808d69fed3676%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C1%7C636872238503368751&sdata=VWvROQ4kOkQzygWzpFsH3QQda7xyNbScJA3%2BFss2Mx0%3D&reserved=0
These can be helpful for inservice training.

Teachers not trained to teach math at all may handicap their students as
they don't tend to see the big picture, understand the concept connections,
and realize where fluency is important and when students can just be taught
to figure it out. They need to be tuned in to each student's responses to
determine what needs reteaching, what needs another methods, or what just
needs a bit more practice. The district here also handicapped the parents
because there is no textbook or material for parents to see what is being
taught (even mathematics professors are complaining about their children's
classes). Their teachers also use an online program for practice and
homework. (Teachers create no materials at all.) Thus they have no idea
what students' work looks like, where concept understanding or procedural
knowledge breaks down. Many students just guess.

I haven't seen this curriculum in person, but worth taking a look at based
on sample lesson:

(concrete to abstract, structured lessons, clear content trajectory,
includes diagnostic assessments, room for teacher modifications within
lessons and assessments)

https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcurriculum.illustrativemathematics.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csimtrainer-l%40lists.ku.edu%7C9c3fcd4e4384497ce81808d69fed3676%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C1%7C636872238503368751&sdata=fISCACh9bTPE2x1%2F%2Fj0RunasLcu9jJM7hZzb4RIrjHc%3D&reserved=0

https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcurriculum.illustrativemathematics.org%2FMS%2Fteachers%2Ftypical_lesson.html&data=02%7C01%7Csimtrainer-l%40lists.ku.edu%7C9c3fcd4e4384497ce81808d69fed3676%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C1%7C636872238503378760&sdata=GdWyBQEOv00DX36yG%2BUsPUrTdKosTtYZQpSISPJBtzU%3D&reserved=0

You are doing important work!
Susan G

On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 7:21 AM edwin ellis via Simtrainer-l <
simtrainer-l at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I’m currently assisting a ‘failing elementary (k-5) school, as well as an
> ’about to fail’ middle school in an effort to turn things around. About 7
> years ago, the school district was cursing along with B+/A- performance
> levels when its leadership made a series of truly bonehead decisions that
> resulted in a steep and rapid decline in performance.
>
>  Basically, the district abandoned *all* commercial programs, textbooks,
> etc. and attempted to educate its children via tablets and ipads and
> teacher-invented curricula.  As you might guess, math performance
> outcomes are about as low as they can get (e.g., roughly 80% of the middle
> school students’ math skills are 2nd grade level).
>
>  Due to turnover over the years, few of the teachers have any experience
> using evidence-based programs and their pedagogical skills are quite
> limited, to say the least.
>
>  Thus, I’m looking for recommendations for evidence-based math programs
> that are highly structured, systematic, and incorporate on-going progress
> monitoring for formative assessment… more or less synonymous with what
> might be used as Tier 3 intervention for math. Can you recommend any
> commercial evidence-based math programs that might fit this need? If not
> Tier 3 in nature, then can you recommend a really good Tier 1
> evidence-based math program?
>
>  Thanks for your advice,
>
> Ed
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-- 
Susan Perry Gurganus
Professor Emerita of Special Education
College of Charleston
Residence: Raleigh NC

Second Edition:
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