http://rocketsolvers.com A Singapore Math Wiz Blog Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://rocketsolvers.com/2011/07/02/arizona-is-far-below-average-in-math-and-science-education/#comment-48 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:28:54 +0000 http://rocketsolvers.com/?p=206#comment-48 It feels good to have read your post. I got a lot of good thoughts here. You must be brilliant to have come with writing articles that could inspire and help a lot of your readers. I feel like going to visit this site more often.

]]> http://rocketsolvers.com/2010/11/24/getting-parents-on-board-with-singapore-math/#comment-21 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:31:08 +0000 http://rocketsolvers.com/?p=114#comment-21 Once again, I agree. Rather than re-teach a thousand times, slowing down, going deep, and maintaining high expectations will result in competent, confident students who will be ready to compete globally for jobs after graduation.

]]> http://rocketsolvers.com/2010/11/24/getting-parents-on-board-with-singapore-math/#comment-20 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:43:55 +0000 http://rocketsolvers.com/?p=114#comment-20 As an 9th grade algebra 1 teacher, and then moving to teach eleventh grade algebra 2, I felt the curriculum to be insulting to my students. The two textbooks were nearly identical and could have been one. Even worse, their precalculus book was the same still, containing all of the few topics in the algebra 2 book that were not in the algebra 1 book. All in all, all three courses could have been combines into one and our students could be learning at a much slower, and much more in-depth, pace.

]]> http://rocketsolvers.com/2010/11/24/getting-parents-on-board-with-singapore-math/#comment-19 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:40:09 +0000 http://rocketsolvers.com/?p=114#comment-19 I totally agree! The textbooks used in our country teach, re-teach, re-re-teach, etc. In Singapore they teach many fewer topics per year, but to MASTERY! Amazing!

]]> http://rocketsolvers.com/2010/11/24/getting-parents-on-board-with-singapore-math/#comment-18 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:57:46 +0000 http://rocketsolvers.com/?p=114#comment-18 I was sent an interesting article with tables that I posted on my blog showing the difference in number of math topics covered per year in the US vs. A+ countries (including Singapore). With the number of topics we throw at our kids per year in the US, it’s amazing that any of it ever sinks in! http://zerosumruler.wordpress.com/

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