On Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:22 -0500, "Mike Kaddaver"
wrote:
"Jim Thompson" wrote in message
.. .
I'm fighting the school system with, now, the 5th granddaughter, 6th
Grade.
Last week they were peddling how to cut corners out of a piece of
cardboard to form a box with the maximum volume, with no established
skill set.... "guess" your way to the solution :-(
This week they suddenly jumped to Algebra, simultaneous equations,
without even any single variable background.
And she says her teacher is already using the word "Calculus". I
guess that's the leftist way anymore, speaking the words makes you
expert :-(
No wonder US students rank so low, worldwide, in math (and science).
Fortunately the school year is almost over, and she'll be with us for
a month in July.
So my question...
Can anyone recommend an available Algebra book that instructs in the
old fashioned sequential way... lots of one variable word problems
first, then go on to more advanced topics?
I'll become teacher of the month ;-)
(I taught math back in 1964-65 to disadvantaged youth (aka "thugs")
from South Phoenix with a very high success rate :-)
...Jim Thompson
Of course. The debate is not about HOW to solve such a problem but
whether such a problem belongs in 6th grade. There are numerous ways
to solve it... none of which comes from the typical skill set of a 6th
grader.
...Jim Thompson
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