Re: question for math teachers
From: John T Lowry (jlowry100_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 11/22/04
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 02:00:13 GMT
"k wallace" <wallace.k@engr.orst.edNOSPAMu> wrote in message
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>A quick question for anyone who's taught at the high school level,
>esp. the AP math classes.
> Having 2 teenagers in high school (9th and 10th grades) both in the
> 'high' math classes for their grades, I have been wondering this for a
> while.
> Why is the order of classes set up like:
> 8th grade, Algebra 1
> 9th grade, geometry
> 10th grade, Algebra 2
> 11 th grade, trig
> 12th grade, calculus
>
> instead of algebra 1, 2 then geometry, trig?
> From personal experience and giving lots of homework help to daughters
> and their friends, these kids forget a lot of algebra between 8th and
> 10th grade! The first month is then spent on review, whereas if it
> was just a summer away, it would be far less review.
> Is there a teaching-philosophy reason for this?
> regards,
> k wallace
"Forgetting" mathematics you once really understood is a straw man
proposed only by those who never really got it in the first place. I'm
not saying the order you propose is a poor one, just to watch out for
those who propose various excuses to make up for basic deficits.
John Lowry
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