Koshy: Math, Fuzzy Math, and Reform Math
Elementary school math teachers must have a love of math and demonstrate it as a rewarding experience in the classroom.
Elementary school math teachers must have a love of math and demonstrate it as a rewarding experience in the classroom. Current math preparation must be revamped substantially with more skills, facts, and knowledge. Math is a cumulative subject; it is a language with its own vocabulary and unambiguous rules.
Our teachers may know a lot about the theories of teaching, but they too often demonstrate inadequate knowledge of subject matter.
This was re-confirmed last December in a study published in "Contemporary Educational Psychology." A team of researchers headed by S. Peverly of Columbia University compared 162 third-grade math teachers in the U.S. and China U.S.
This article appeared in the August 19, 2007 edition of the Milford Daily News.
Published Monday, Aug. 20, 2007