Apparently the latest fad in elementary education is "Singapore math", which takes its sweet time. I don't know anything about kindergarten, but my number one wish for my college students is that I could teach less material, and do it more slowly and thoroughly.
“Talk about the number 1 for 45 minutes?” said Chris Covello, who teaches 16 students ages 5 and 6. “I was like, I don’t know. But then I found you really could. Before, we had a lot of ground to cover, and now it’s more open-ended and gets kids thinking.”
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Slow it down:
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