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Re: IMPMath
Posted by not popular here on 5/08/08
On 5/01/08, Bill wrote: > Does anyone use the IMP Math curriculum for high school? > We just started using it for Algebra I this year along > with a traditional textbook. We think it's great. It's very, very unpopular in my district. One articulate student commented (in relation to the Integrated 3 course): "I have trouble understanding what I'm even studying, due to the lack of chapter headings, continuation of study (the book jumps from topic to topic, putting geometry and linear algebra together in the same section at one point), and use of "discovery based learning." The book doesn't give formulas, instead expecting students to discuss the problems in groups, look at patterns, and come up with formulas on their own. Often times, the teacher will never formally introduce the formula to the class, and since no notes are taken, we are expected to memorize each formula we come up with, before we hand our papers in, since we won't get them back in time to use. When this happens, often times I don't do very well on the next assignment, simply because I never found the formula the book expects me to be utilizing. In most cases, I have found my teachers unhelpful because they still want me to discover on my own. As a result, I end up either looking formulas up on the Internet, or asking someone in a grade higher than me. This means that my understanding of the subject isn't what I could be, making that particular topic harder for me in the future as well. Often times I will spend half an hour trying to figure out the formula, only to discover that Mr. [name deleted] taught it to me last year."
Posts on this thread, including this one
- IMPMath, 5/01/08, by Bill.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/03/08, by Elaine.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/05/08, by Pragmatic.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/08/08, by Elaine.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/08/08, by not popular here.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/08/08, by DSF/NJ.
- Re: IMPMath/ Math in general, 5/09/08, by Donna/WI.
- Re: IMPMath/ Math in general, 5/09/08, by Pragmatic.
- Re: IMPMath/ Math in general, 5/09/08, by DSF/NJ.
- Re: IMPMath/ Math in general, 5/10/08, by Donna/WI.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/10/08, by Elaine.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/10/08, by not popular here.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/10/08, by Elaine.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/10/08, by smarkham01.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/12/08, by Interactive Math Program.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/12/08, by DSF/NJ.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/13/08, by not popular here.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/14/08, by smarkham01.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/15/08, by not popular here.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/15/08, by smarkham01.
- Re: IMPMath, 5/15/08, by not popular here.
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