Final Post

This will be your final reflection/post based on what you have read/discussed and discovered through this blog.

Suppose you were given the task to write an article or a response article based on Why Americans Stink at Math.
Give your thoughts and observations from you own classroom as to why you feel students in America stink at math and suggestions to what you feel as though could be the problem and possible solutions. 
If you would rather go the other route and change it to why Americans are good at math you may choose that route instead. 
Please be sure to discuss real-world observations and insights from what you have witnessed from teaching!

Please post your response in the Google Doc so that it is easier to write and read! CLICK HERE

Response

Print or Save the following article:
Response to the Elizabeth Green Article
By: Mark Saul
Located here: http://www.ams.org/notices/201505/rnoti-p508.pdf


Comment on the following:
1. Choose one of the 6 responses to reflect on and post your reflection

2. Engage in meaningful conversation by posting on others comments about this article and discuss thoughts about the diverse point of views discussed

Six Myths

Print or Save the following article:
Six Myths in New York Times Math Article by Elizabeth Green
By: Tom Loveless
Located here: http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2014/08/07-new-york-times-math-loveless

Comment on the following:
1. Choose one of the Six Myths to reflect on and offer further insight based on what you read

2. Engage in meaningful conversation by posting on others comments about this entire article and the Myths as they relate to Elizabeth Green's article

Thoughts?

Finish the article

Comment on the following:
1. What are your overall thoughts, comments, concerns on the issues discussed in this article and what you have read?

2. Engage in meaningful conversation by posting on others comments about this article.

Lesson Study

Read Page 12: When Akihiko Takahashi until Page 15: It could be

Comment on the following:
1. What are your thoughts on the comparisons of what is happening in Japanese schools verses American schools?
2. What do you think needs to be done in your current school to address these issues?

Without the Right Training...

Read Page 9: American institutions charged until Page 12: When Akihiko Takahashi

Comment on the following:
1. Reflect on what you just read about the problems that exsist with teachers learning and offer your insight on the problem.
2. Is Common Core truly the problem?
3. Comment on a colleagues post

Innumeracy

Start Reading on Page 5: The new math until Page 9: American Institutions Charged

Comment on the following:
1. What are your thoughts on Innumeracy in your classroom?

2. How can you relate to the answer-getting strategies used to teach math?

3. Comment on a colleagues post offering additional reflection from what was read.