Parents for Quality Math Education
Several years ago, our school district adopted new math programs for use in grades K-8. According to SCASD administrators, this change was made to improve continuity, because previously teachers were... continue reading »
"Investigations or "discovery learning" is important and valuable but still only a component of a quality curriculum in mathematics for K-5 students. This should be common sense. It is troubling to me that our educators may not see that discovery learning "
"Please discontinue using this program. It was ranked last in efficacy among other programs tested in an empirical study. Please, be guided by scientific methods in making curriculum decisions for our children. Thank you. SCASD resident? No"
"I do not like the Investigations math cirriculum. I especially dislike a teacher who marks a problem wrong just because a student didn't solve the problem the teacher's way. I say, however a student solves a problem is ok as long as the end result is corr"
"completely frustrated by Investigation math SCASD resident? No"
"The investigational math program is very confusing for the kids. It asks the kids to solve a simple math problem with a much more complicated method. Math is about simplicity and straight forward. SCASD resident? No"
