B*1
2 楼
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/22/AR2010122202064.html?wprss=rss_metro/md
Montgomery schools to cut back on early acceleration in math courses
By Michael Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 22, 2010; 9:24 AM
One recent night, Mackenzie Stassel was cramming for a quiz in her advanced
math course in Montgomery County. Her review of the complicated topics
followed hours of other homework. Eventually she started to nod off at the
table.
It was 11:15 p.m. Stassel is a sixth-grader.
There will be fewer such nights in the future for many Montgomery students.
Last month, Maryland's largest school system announced that it would curtail
significantly its practice of pushing large numbers of elementary and
middle school students to skip grade levels in math. The shift responded to
parents, who questioned the payoff of acceleration, and teachers, who said
students in even the most advanced classes were missing some basics.
Donielle Stassel said Mackenzie is doing fine in seventh-grade math at
Herbert Hoover Middle School. Still, the mother has mixed feelings.
"They just shotgun them through so much of this," Donielle Stassel said. "I
understand that things move faster today, but at some point it just gets
over the top."
This year, more than half of fifth-graders are taking what the county deems
sixth grade math or above. Within the next few years, the 144,000-student
system plans to reconfigure its elementary and middle school math curriculum
to conform with new national standards that educators say will ensure
concepts are taught in greater depth.
In Montgomery and many other places, the goal remains for students to
complete first-year algebra by the end of eighth grade. That is a year ahead
of the traditional timing of the course in U.S. schools.
Montgomery officials plan for Algebra 1 to be standard in eighth grade, in
hopes that even more students will take advanced math in high school. But
the path students take will be straighter and involve less acceleration than
the current sequence.
"We know that it's an aggressive curriculum in Montgomery County, and we
certainly want the best education that we can get for our child. What parent
doesn't?" Stassel said. "But it's just - at what cost?"
Math education experts say schools too often zoom through as many topics as
possible, instead of lingering in depth on the basics. Advocates of the new
standards adopted by the District, Maryland and most other states - but not
Virginia - say they will streamline math topics and make education more
consistent.
For example, probability is taught most years from the second grade until
algebra begins. Under the national standards, it will be taught in a
concentrated dose in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
The math curriculum was already under review in Montgomery before the
national standards came along. In one of America's high-flying school
systems, where many highly educated parents push kids to excel in the most
advanced classes available, the shift on math suggests that there are limits
on how fast students can move.
The school system report that outlined the new curriculum, the product of a
year and a half of study, said that efforts to increase access to high-level
classes "effectively removed sorting and selecting practices based on
assumptions about ability." That is a delicate way of saying that many
students were moved forward no matter how they performed in math.
Deputy Superintendent Frieda Lacey, who was part of the team that developed
the report, said the changes to the curriculum also would make high-quality
math more widely available to minority and low-income students. The team
found such students were being left behind in some cases.
Some math experts praised Montgomery's shift.
"I have never understood the U.S. mentality that somehow going faster is a
reward for being reasonably good at math," said William Schmidt, a Michigan
State University professor of education and statistics. "I don't know what
the sense is to accelerate, accelerate, accelerate."
Schmidt said university colleagues often question whether many students who
take Advanced Placement Calculus in high school arrive in college prepared
for college-level math. He said it could be valuable for some students to
spend more time in high school preparing for calculus, and then take the
course in college.
Schmidt said that slowing down in math could improve the nation's global
competitiveness. The United States has consistently ranked average or below
among industrialized nations on tests that give greater weight to in-depth
analysis and reasoning than is often the case in American classrooms.
In Montgomery, the pathway of math courses is a thick tangle, filled with
arrows that point to options for acceleration. The most advanced students
can take AP Calculus in 10th grade, then two years of what the county deems
college-level math.
School officials say that the new sequence is much smoother. The very top
students will still skip ahead. But many more will stay at grade level and
be taught in differentiated groups within classes.
Not all parents approve.
"I feel like the ability to have kids do this is good, as long as they can
handle it," said Michael Lazar, whose sixth-grade son is taking Algebra 1 at
North Bethesda Middle School. Lazar said his son "was bored until they
moved him up" in third grade. He cautioned against over-correcting.
Some families say that they're not surprised the math push had grown so
strong.
"In hyper-competitive Montgomery County, there's a notion that if you're not
working above grade level, you're just not making the grade," said Rena
Milchberg. She has a son in eighth grade at Cabin John Middle School who
takes a bus to Winston Churchill High School every morning to take Algebra 2
. Her daughter, in sixth grade, is on-grade in math.
Milchberg said the prevalence of math tutors in the county suggests that
many students are overstretched. One estimate found that in the 2009-10
school year there were 72 Montgomery public school teachers available for
hire as tutors.
Still, Milchberg hesitated to condemn the trend toward acceleration.
"I don't know what's best" for students, she said. "I don't want to cut off
their opportunities before they decide in college that they really love math
."
Montgomery schools to cut back on early acceleration in math courses
By Michael Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 22, 2010; 9:24 AM
One recent night, Mackenzie Stassel was cramming for a quiz in her advanced
math course in Montgomery County. Her review of the complicated topics
followed hours of other homework. Eventually she started to nod off at the
table.
It was 11:15 p.m. Stassel is a sixth-grader.
There will be fewer such nights in the future for many Montgomery students.
Last month, Maryland's largest school system announced that it would curtail
significantly its practice of pushing large numbers of elementary and
middle school students to skip grade levels in math. The shift responded to
parents, who questioned the payoff of acceleration, and teachers, who said
students in even the most advanced classes were missing some basics.
Donielle Stassel said Mackenzie is doing fine in seventh-grade math at
Herbert Hoover Middle School. Still, the mother has mixed feelings.
"They just shotgun them through so much of this," Donielle Stassel said. "I
understand that things move faster today, but at some point it just gets
over the top."
This year, more than half of fifth-graders are taking what the county deems
sixth grade math or above. Within the next few years, the 144,000-student
system plans to reconfigure its elementary and middle school math curriculum
to conform with new national standards that educators say will ensure
concepts are taught in greater depth.
In Montgomery and many other places, the goal remains for students to
complete first-year algebra by the end of eighth grade. That is a year ahead
of the traditional timing of the course in U.S. schools.
Montgomery officials plan for Algebra 1 to be standard in eighth grade, in
hopes that even more students will take advanced math in high school. But
the path students take will be straighter and involve less acceleration than
the current sequence.
"We know that it's an aggressive curriculum in Montgomery County, and we
certainly want the best education that we can get for our child. What parent
doesn't?" Stassel said. "But it's just - at what cost?"
Math education experts say schools too often zoom through as many topics as
possible, instead of lingering in depth on the basics. Advocates of the new
standards adopted by the District, Maryland and most other states - but not
Virginia - say they will streamline math topics and make education more
consistent.
For example, probability is taught most years from the second grade until
algebra begins. Under the national standards, it will be taught in a
concentrated dose in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
The math curriculum was already under review in Montgomery before the
national standards came along. In one of America's high-flying school
systems, where many highly educated parents push kids to excel in the most
advanced classes available, the shift on math suggests that there are limits
on how fast students can move.
The school system report that outlined the new curriculum, the product of a
year and a half of study, said that efforts to increase access to high-level
classes "effectively removed sorting and selecting practices based on
assumptions about ability." That is a delicate way of saying that many
students were moved forward no matter how they performed in math.
Deputy Superintendent Frieda Lacey, who was part of the team that developed
the report, said the changes to the curriculum also would make high-quality
math more widely available to minority and low-income students. The team
found such students were being left behind in some cases.
Some math experts praised Montgomery's shift.
"I have never understood the U.S. mentality that somehow going faster is a
reward for being reasonably good at math," said William Schmidt, a Michigan
State University professor of education and statistics. "I don't know what
the sense is to accelerate, accelerate, accelerate."
Schmidt said university colleagues often question whether many students who
take Advanced Placement Calculus in high school arrive in college prepared
for college-level math. He said it could be valuable for some students to
spend more time in high school preparing for calculus, and then take the
course in college.
Schmidt said that slowing down in math could improve the nation's global
competitiveness. The United States has consistently ranked average or below
among industrialized nations on tests that give greater weight to in-depth
analysis and reasoning than is often the case in American classrooms.
In Montgomery, the pathway of math courses is a thick tangle, filled with
arrows that point to options for acceleration. The most advanced students
can take AP Calculus in 10th grade, then two years of what the county deems
college-level math.
School officials say that the new sequence is much smoother. The very top
students will still skip ahead. But many more will stay at grade level and
be taught in differentiated groups within classes.
Not all parents approve.
"I feel like the ability to have kids do this is good, as long as they can
handle it," said Michael Lazar, whose sixth-grade son is taking Algebra 1 at
North Bethesda Middle School. Lazar said his son "was bored until they
moved him up" in third grade. He cautioned against over-correcting.
Some families say that they're not surprised the math push had grown so
strong.
"In hyper-competitive Montgomery County, there's a notion that if you're not
working above grade level, you're just not making the grade," said Rena
Milchberg. She has a son in eighth grade at Cabin John Middle School who
takes a bus to Winston Churchill High School every morning to take Algebra 2
. Her daughter, in sixth grade, is on-grade in math.
Milchberg said the prevalence of math tutors in the county suggests that
many students are overstretched. One estimate found that in the 2009-10
school year there were 72 Montgomery public school teachers available for
hire as tutors.
Still, Milchberg hesitated to condemn the trend toward acceleration.
"I don't know what's best" for students, she said. "I don't want to cut off
their opportunities before they decide in college that they really love math
."
d*d
3 楼
当然,这个网传有点太离谱,反正我是不信。但是,也难得,辛芷蕾居然还正面回应,
发文称“没金主,谢谢”。
说实话,以这样的脾气和情商,恐怕很容易得罪人吧,有时候得罪人都不知道怎么得罪
的,想来这也是她这么久都红不了的原因。
但是,就长相来比的话,辛芷蕾确实跟大甜甜还是有差距的,虽然大甜甜美得有点不精
致,但是很传统,辛芷蕾的美可就有点异域风了,比如厚唇,比如凌厉的眼白,都跟普
通国人的传统审美不相贴合。不夸张地说,演主角可能有点难度,但是演女配和反面女
一号,还是很合适的。
当然,现在辛芷蕾也算是风头正劲,先是在《演员的诞生》大出风头,跟靳东的《恋爱
先生》也赚足了话题,当然还有她未播的《如懿传》,据说角色也挺重要的,说实话,
还是很期待的。不过可能播出很难了,不知道以后会不会七改八改地弄成网播剧。
发文称“没金主,谢谢”。
说实话,以这样的脾气和情商,恐怕很容易得罪人吧,有时候得罪人都不知道怎么得罪
的,想来这也是她这么久都红不了的原因。
但是,就长相来比的话,辛芷蕾确实跟大甜甜还是有差距的,虽然大甜甜美得有点不精
致,但是很传统,辛芷蕾的美可就有点异域风了,比如厚唇,比如凌厉的眼白,都跟普
通国人的传统审美不相贴合。不夸张地说,演主角可能有点难度,但是演女配和反面女
一号,还是很合适的。
当然,现在辛芷蕾也算是风头正劲,先是在《演员的诞生》大出风头,跟靳东的《恋爱
先生》也赚足了话题,当然还有她未播的《如懿传》,据说角色也挺重要的,说实话,
还是很期待的。不过可能播出很难了,不知道以后会不会七改八改地弄成网播剧。
m*r
4 楼
请问这个是Blue Cash Preferred吗,如果是的话,谁知道Promotion Code呢?谢谢!
w*i
5 楼
现在当小孩比较辛苦
s*n
7 楼
把美国小孩丢中国读个几年,就不会抱怨了
F*y
8 楼
montgomery county的飘过
话说我们这里已经开始有学校停止advanced math了, 于是我同事来找我咨询, 狠狠给
儿子定了一堆workbook说不能忍受儿子学校不留math homework
advanced
【在 B******1 的大作中提到】
: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/22/AR2010122202064.html?wprss=rss_metro/md
: Montgomery schools to cut back on early acceleration in math courses
: By Michael Birnbaum
: Washington Post Staff Writer
: Wednesday, December 22, 2010; 9:24 AM
: One recent night, Mackenzie Stassel was cramming for a quiz in her advanced
: math course in Montgomery County. Her review of the complicated topics
: followed hours of other homework. Eventually she started to nod off at the
: table.
: It was 11:15 p.m. Stassel is a sixth-grader.
话说我们这里已经开始有学校停止advanced math了, 于是我同事来找我咨询, 狠狠给
儿子定了一堆workbook说不能忍受儿子学校不留math homework
advanced
【在 B******1 的大作中提到】
: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/22/AR2010122202064.html?wprss=rss_metro/md
: Montgomery schools to cut back on early acceleration in math courses
: By Michael Birnbaum
: Washington Post Staff Writer
: Wednesday, December 22, 2010; 9:24 AM
: One recent night, Mackenzie Stassel was cramming for a quiz in her advanced
: math course in Montgomery County. Her review of the complicated topics
: followed hours of other homework. Eventually she started to nod off at the
: table.
: It was 11:15 p.m. Stassel is a sixth-grader.
w*e
15 楼
很多地方没有GT的。
F*y
16 楼
我匆匆看了一眼local的小报, 高中老师们抱怨学生们太早学一些advanced math结果不
够扎实, 真到用的时候反而不行了, 高中老师抱怨学生的数学基础不够solid
够扎实, 真到用的时候反而不行了, 高中老师抱怨学生的数学基础不够solid
B*1
19 楼
我感觉美国东部比西部要重视教育。加州公立学校没听说给六年级学生开小灶,上什么
Algebra 1 的。当然我可能孤陋寡闻了。
Algebra 1 的。当然我可能孤陋寡闻了。
s*n
21 楼
高中老师们抱怨学生们太早学一些advanced math结果不
够扎实, 真到用的时候反而不行了, 高中老师抱怨学生的数学基础不够solid
够扎实, 真到用的时候反而不行了, 高中老师抱怨学生的数学基础不够solid
s*n
22 楼
跟着中国数学奥数进度走,上不上GT不见得重要
F*y
24 楼
认识的中国孩子没有不学advanced math的,超一个年级是进步少的, 5年级前后的中国
学生几乎都超前两个年级以上
许多program可以选择, 自己学校不开还可以在外面选课, 如果想学advanced的课程只
要学生程度够学校是一路绿灯的. 认识一个人5年级生每天早上提前一小时上学去
middle school上一小时7年级还是8年级的数学课, 然后坐校车回自己的小学继续上课.
该生3年级考入GT但是没去. 这个就是我们这旮旯的现状. 想必大批已经在GT的就不用
这么折腾了.
【在 B******1 的大作中提到】
: 我感觉美国东部比西部要重视教育。加州公立学校没听说给六年级学生开小灶,上什么
: Algebra 1 的。当然我可能孤陋寡闻了。
学生几乎都超前两个年级以上
许多program可以选择, 自己学校不开还可以在外面选课, 如果想学advanced的课程只
要学生程度够学校是一路绿灯的. 认识一个人5年级生每天早上提前一小时上学去
middle school上一小时7年级还是8年级的数学课, 然后坐校车回自己的小学继续上课.
该生3年级考入GT但是没去. 这个就是我们这旮旯的现状. 想必大批已经在GT的就不用
这么折腾了.
【在 B******1 的大作中提到】
: 我感觉美国东部比西部要重视教育。加州公立学校没听说给六年级学生开小灶,上什么
: Algebra 1 的。当然我可能孤陋寡闻了。
B*1
27 楼
这孩子可真 tough。要知道 MD 冬天可冷了!小脸可不得冻得红扑扑的!
课.
【在 F**********y 的大作中提到】
: 认识的中国孩子没有不学advanced math的,超一个年级是进步少的, 5年级前后的中国
: 学生几乎都超前两个年级以上
: 许多program可以选择, 自己学校不开还可以在外面选课, 如果想学advanced的课程只
: 要学生程度够学校是一路绿灯的. 认识一个人5年级生每天早上提前一小时上学去
: middle school上一小时7年级还是8年级的数学课, 然后坐校车回自己的小学继续上课.
: 该生3年级考入GT但是没去. 这个就是我们这旮旯的现状. 想必大批已经在GT的就不用
: 这么折腾了.
课.
【在 F**********y 的大作中提到】
: 认识的中国孩子没有不学advanced math的,超一个年级是进步少的, 5年级前后的中国
: 学生几乎都超前两个年级以上
: 许多program可以选择, 自己学校不开还可以在外面选课, 如果想学advanced的课程只
: 要学生程度够学校是一路绿灯的. 认识一个人5年级生每天早上提前一小时上学去
: middle school上一小时7年级还是8年级的数学课, 然后坐校车回自己的小学继续上课.
: 该生3年级考入GT但是没去. 这个就是我们这旮旯的现状. 想必大批已经在GT的就不用
: 这么折腾了.
i*m
32 楼
您老一波未平,一波又起,这是个系列么?
advanced
【在 B******1 的大作中提到】
: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/22/AR2010122202064.html?wprss=rss_metro/md
: Montgomery schools to cut back on early acceleration in math courses
: By Michael Birnbaum
: Washington Post Staff Writer
: Wednesday, December 22, 2010; 9:24 AM
: One recent night, Mackenzie Stassel was cramming for a quiz in her advanced
: math course in Montgomery County. Her review of the complicated topics
: followed hours of other homework. Eventually she started to nod off at the
: table.
: It was 11:15 p.m. Stassel is a sixth-grader.
advanced
【在 B******1 的大作中提到】
: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/22/AR2010122202064.html?wprss=rss_metro/md
: Montgomery schools to cut back on early acceleration in math courses
: By Michael Birnbaum
: Washington Post Staff Writer
: Wednesday, December 22, 2010; 9:24 AM
: One recent night, Mackenzie Stassel was cramming for a quiz in her advanced
: math course in Montgomery County. Her review of the complicated topics
: followed hours of other homework. Eventually she started to nod off at the
: table.
: It was 11:15 p.m. Stassel is a sixth-grader.
s*n
33 楼
呵呵,作为中国数学教育流水线的过来人,我觉得奥数就是应用题,而09年PISA报告说
中国15岁学生25%都能熟练运用数学概念解决实际运用中问题(PISA65个国家的平均比
例是3%),可能和这代人已经开始大量奥数有关,当然中国的竞争压力巨大,使得人民
可以攀比竞争任何本来只是正常学习一部分的东西,从而妖魔化那个指标。
说到小学高年级提前两年级学数学,非常正常,因为PISA数学中国学生平均600,美国
平均480多,按分析,就是相差两年,所以说,也就是跟上了中国的进度了
【在 F**********y 的大作中提到】
: as a 半吊子mathematician, I have to say中国奥数是数学教育里最不重要的东西
中国15岁学生25%都能熟练运用数学概念解决实际运用中问题(PISA65个国家的平均比
例是3%),可能和这代人已经开始大量奥数有关,当然中国的竞争压力巨大,使得人民
可以攀比竞争任何本来只是正常学习一部分的东西,从而妖魔化那个指标。
说到小学高年级提前两年级学数学,非常正常,因为PISA数学中国学生平均600,美国
平均480多,按分析,就是相差两年,所以说,也就是跟上了中国的进度了
【在 F**********y 的大作中提到】
: as a 半吊子mathematician, I have to say中国奥数是数学教育里最不重要的东西
L*8
40 楼
must be 8th grade math
GT is still doing 7th math with 8 as option in school.
most of the elementary GT kids or parents choose not to send kids to middle
school GT for its distance and neighborhood.
课.
【在 F**********y 的大作中提到】
: 认识的中国孩子没有不学advanced math的,超一个年级是进步少的, 5年级前后的中国
: 学生几乎都超前两个年级以上
: 许多program可以选择, 自己学校不开还可以在外面选课, 如果想学advanced的课程只
: 要学生程度够学校是一路绿灯的. 认识一个人5年级生每天早上提前一小时上学去
: middle school上一小时7年级还是8年级的数学课, 然后坐校车回自己的小学继续上课.
: 该生3年级考入GT但是没去. 这个就是我们这旮旯的现状. 想必大批已经在GT的就不用
: 这么折腾了.
GT is still doing 7th math with 8 as option in school.
most of the elementary GT kids or parents choose not to send kids to middle
school GT for its distance and neighborhood.
课.
【在 F**********y 的大作中提到】
: 认识的中国孩子没有不学advanced math的,超一个年级是进步少的, 5年级前后的中国
: 学生几乎都超前两个年级以上
: 许多program可以选择, 自己学校不开还可以在外面选课, 如果想学advanced的课程只
: 要学生程度够学校是一路绿灯的. 认识一个人5年级生每天早上提前一小时上学去
: middle school上一小时7年级还是8年级的数学课, 然后坐校车回自己的小学继续上课.
: 该生3年级考入GT但是没去. 这个就是我们这旮旯的现状. 想必大批已经在GT的就不用
: 这么折腾了.
r*d
41 楼
k*y
44 楼
给你说得我一头雾水了,GT和普通的学advanced math有什么不同?
课.
【在 F**********y 的大作中提到】
: 认识的中国孩子没有不学advanced math的,超一个年级是进步少的, 5年级前后的中国
: 学生几乎都超前两个年级以上
: 许多program可以选择, 自己学校不开还可以在外面选课, 如果想学advanced的课程只
: 要学生程度够学校是一路绿灯的. 认识一个人5年级生每天早上提前一小时上学去
: middle school上一小时7年级还是8年级的数学课, 然后坐校车回自己的小学继续上课.
: 该生3年级考入GT但是没去. 这个就是我们这旮旯的现状. 想必大批已经在GT的就不用
: 这么折腾了.
课.
【在 F**********y 的大作中提到】
: 认识的中国孩子没有不学advanced math的,超一个年级是进步少的, 5年级前后的中国
: 学生几乎都超前两个年级以上
: 许多program可以选择, 自己学校不开还可以在外面选课, 如果想学advanced的课程只
: 要学生程度够学校是一路绿灯的. 认识一个人5年级生每天早上提前一小时上学去
: middle school上一小时7年级还是8年级的数学课, 然后坐校车回自己的小学继续上课.
: 该生3年级考入GT但是没去. 这个就是我们这旮旯的现状. 想必大批已经在GT的就不用
: 这么折腾了.
s*n
46 楼
呵呵,个人坚持个人的看法吧,因为父母不一样,子女也不一样
b*n
48 楼
北大怎么现在对补习班怎么有兴趣?你家娃要多学数学的话,也是学的高等代数。
a*l
49 楼
就看见一个Montgomery County,然后看见Bethesda...
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