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Square Dots: Homework problems
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Monday, May 12, 2014. Stupid activity of the week for our kids (this is for 6th grade):. Select an object. (He chose a book.). Measure the dimensions of the object. Calculate the surface area and volume. If you were to place this object into a cylindrical mailing tube, what should be the dimensions of the tube? What about a triangular prism? What are the surface areas and volumes of these boxes? Determine which of these boxes fits your object best. Time required: 90 minutes, minimum. Posted by Auntie Ann.
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Square Dots: Making kids feel stupid
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Saturday, May 30, 2015. Making kids feel stupid. My new favorite education quote:. 8220; You know what’s the worst kind of instruction? The kind of instruction that makes kids feel stupid. Posted by Auntie Ann. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Primary and elementary education resources and tips from someone trying to supplement our kids' substandard private school education. Los Angeles, CA. View my complete profile. Saltzafrazz (My brother's and my blog). Ann's Fuse Box (my other blog). Picture Dots ...
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Square Dots: Going slow
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Monday, March 23, 2015. The Role of Curriculum. By William H. Schmidt:. Of course, that same author went on to sign off on the Common Core as a member of its validation committee. Perhaps he's had second thoughts since, but, apparently, he's been trying to prove after-the-fact that his approval was justified:. Here's Ze'ev Wurman writing on Breitbart. Have mostly completed mathematics equivalent to U.S. high school courses in algebra I and geometry,”. Bachelor’s degree – is less than 40%. Most kids arent...
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Square Dots: Writers' workshop doesn't work
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Writers' workshop doesn't work. I've had this one as an open tab for, literally, years. How "writers' workshop" style classrooms, writing reflections on how you feel, and students' personal reaction, instead of giving kids tools of spelling, grammar, style and structure hamstrings them and prevents them from becoming writers:. How Self-Expression Damaged My Students. Teach grammar, sentence structure, and mechanics? Posted by Auntie Ann. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Primar...
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Square Dots: Common Core
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The criticism I have seen hits many different notes:. The pacing is slow. James Milgram, one of the CC's major critics, has said that the CC puts US kids one year behind our peer countries' math curricula by 5th grade, and two years behind by the end of 7th grade. In other words, what we teach in 7th, other countries cover in 5th. And it gets worse every year. Starting at about 20:40 in. Can this interpretation of the CC standards be laid at the feet of the CC? In part, yes. T...
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Square Dots: More money!
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Saturday, March 28, 2015. A friend of mine on facebook was angry about cuts in state funding to the University of Wisconsin. I posted this in response. For some people, more money is the only answer; accountability for how that money is being spent and what it is buying never enters into it. More, more more! Is the only thing they think about:. A lot of people have lost faith that their money is being spent wisely by public universities. Public universities preference for out-of-state and international s...
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Square Dots: Education in a panic
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Monday, September 22, 2014. Education in a panic. From a comment of mine, posted to the FreeRangeKids.com website and discussing how the Common Core is taking away recess and free play time for kids:. With little in the way of results, schools are eliminating anything that isn't 3-R related: art, music, even academic subjects like history and science have been put on the back burner. Free play time was often the first to go. Posted by Auntie Ann. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Los Angeles, CA. OILF:...
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Square Dots: Construct this!
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014. A nice overview journal article. Detailing how little scientific basis is behind constructivist educational techniques, and how much is behind direct instruction. It also talks about how project-based learning techniques overtax working memory and can work against creating long-term memories:. Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching. Los Angeles, CA.
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Square Dots: Blood of Olympus
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014. Yesterday they released the last of the "Heroes of Olympus" books, the "Blood of Olympus". Not bad, but not really good either. On the good side, Riordan mostly stopped doing the thing that has been driving me crazy through much of this second Greek-Roman book series: he's dealing with teens, so he constantly has them thinking that any time they use their demigod powers, everyone else must hate them for it. For example: Frank can turn into an elephant: oh no! But, in this seri...
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Square Dots: Knowledge is power
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. I'll have to come back to this later, but this is a "well, DUH! Kind of education article, that at the same time flies in the face of every thing that teachers are taught about how to teach:. When Knowledge Is Unforgettable Adults remember more of what they learned in school than they think they do—thanks to an aspect of education that doesn’t get much attention in policy debates. Posted by Auntie Ann. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Los Angeles, CA. View my complete profile.