TERC Investigations

A TERC teacher doesn’t explain, and a TERC teacher doesn’t teach!  I don’t want to be misunderstood: group learning and discovery learning are parts of the tool chest of every accomplished teacher, but it is folly to turn these techniques into an ideology. If we mathematicians had to re-discover mathematics on our own, we would […]
 

CMP: Connected Math Project

The level of the mathematics in both CMP (Connected Math) and MIC (Mathematics in Context) is not as advanced as that in the Singapore curriculum (with the exception of probability, which is delayed until the 10th grade in Singapore). Some of the mathematics in CMP and MIC has already been covered in Everyday Mathematics, […]
 

Everyday Mathematics (EM)

A review of TERC Investigations and Everyday Mathematics
By Franklin Hu, 3/19/2007
” … I have examined both of these curriculum and have determined that they are both grossly deficient for teaching effective mathematics to our children. The reasoning for this is based on the following: The materials do not teach fluent multiplication and division. … The […]
 

Core Plus

District Miscalculates Effective Math Teaching Methods
The Barque, Bellevue HS
“…There is one word within Bellevue School District’s math program that terrifies students like no other. It lurks within every book from Geometry to Pre-Calculus. That word is “Investigation”. The Core-Plus Mathematic Program, the textbook series used for Geometry through Pre-Calculus in the Bellevue School District, has […]
 

Inquiry Based Instruction vs Example Based Instruction

by Laura Brandt and Polle Zellweger

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) adopted new mathematics standards in 1989, changing the way math was traditionally taught in the United States.  Below is a partial comparison of NCTM (inquiry-based) mathematics instruction to traditional (example-based) math instruction and the consequences of NCTM based curricula.

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Singapore Math

Singapore is a recognized leader in mathematics achievement. Singaporean students ranked first in the world on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study-2003, while U.S. students ranked 16th out of the 46 participating nations.

What the United States Can Learn From Singapore’s World-Class Mathematics System
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the study by the […]
 

Study of Curriculums in General

Outstanding Experimental Research verifies World Class Math Curriculum (pdf 19 pages)