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Re: IMPMath
Posted by not popular here on 5/15/08
On 5/14/08, smarkham01 wrote:
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> Yes, after posting, I found that IMP is a TLA for the Interactive Math
> Program. I'll accept that the student is competent, but I'm not
> qualified to determine if the student "is a brilliant girl". The
> students problem does seem to be similar to problems reported by
> teachers, both secondary and higher education, that I have been able
> to find. Specifically, the complaint has been that IMP students were
> not able to recognize or solve common equations presented in accepted
> formats. That seems to me to be almost the *opposite* of this student's
experience. Bear in mind that this was her first year using IMP, and
that she's coming in at year 3, having had two years of a more
traditional combined algebra/geometry program.
My search turned up few positive reports of IMP outcomes;
> the majority of what I found was reports of school districts dropping
> the porgram for ineffectiveness. If there are more recent (most of
> what I found was between 5 and 10 years old) reports that contradict
> this, I was not able to find them.
Again, that seems to me to bolster my point, if anything.
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> The student's experiences you encourage me to consider lack any
> credibility unless they are compared to that same students work the
> following year, a year without IMP. If the number of IMP students
> required to enroll in remedial math classes at colleges is lower than
> other methods, you'll have made your point. If more IMP trained
> journeyman electricians pass the math portions of their masters tests
> than those coming from other programs - tell us. *Lower* than other methods? I'm baffled, and can't help wondering
whether I've completely misunderstood you, or you've confused me with
another poster, or what. I was arguing for IMP being worse preparation -
- surely that would mean students who'd had IMP would be *more* likely
to need remedial classes, and *less* likely to pass their exams?
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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