A new experiment in math

Viewing 4 posts - 16 through 19 (of 19 total)
1 2
  • Author
    Posts
  • April 11, 2011 at 1:03 pm
    ruth
    Participant

    I really like this approach to math and plan on implementing it in our home.  One question I have is what are you planning to do for highschool math? 

    April 11, 2011 at 6:57 pm
    Richele Baburina
    Participant

    Hi Ruth,

    Personally, I haven’t considered highschool math yet though trust that the total of CM’s methods will help tremendously at that point.  I’ll be going to the Living Education Retreat this summer and hope to ask lots of questions there as I continue my study of CM. 

    Jimmie has linked to some of the writings of A. Sonnenschein and H.A. Nesbitt on her squidoo lens Charlotte Mason on Math.  I haven’t read them yet but interestingly, at first glance, it appears that Mr. Benezet (to whom Tanya refers) used the same Sonnenschein questions of buried posts with his students.  

    Best,

    Richele

    April 12, 2011 at 1:14 am
    labellavita
    Participant

    I LOVE the Benezet experiment!  Even emailed Sanjoy Mahajan looking for more information on Benezet’s scope and sequence (he had none).

    Making math real is very important for most children, and I think the reason so many struggle w/ math is because its made too abstract too soon and they don’t truly understand what it is they are doing. I made A’s all through elementary math, but I didn’t always know why I did what I was doing, I just did it because that was what the teacher said to do.  It eventually caught up w/ me. I think it was around 6th grade, which ironically I have since read is where math tends to change dramatically in its abstractness and that is when many kids start to struggle. I truly endured math after that, although Geometry was much easier for me than Algebra, I think because its visual.

    I have utilized some of Benezet’s methods, wish I would have done more though, but its still not too late.  I love how the children were so familiar with measurements that they could readily tell if a number was realistic or not for an answer.

    Also, I recommend you read the other articles on this page about rote learning, physics, etc.

    http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sanjoy/benezet/

    Ginnie

    September 1, 2016 at 11:25 pm
    mband
    Participant

    I know this post is old. On another forum on another site ( I think WTM), but can’t remember someone mentioned that the books that were used readers (language books etc) helped the children to learn mathematical thinking so arithmetic books nor formal arithmetic instruction was needed in those grades. I have all three Strayer-Upton books though he is referring to the six book version. I just wish I could find out what the other school books they used were for grammar etc.

Viewing 4 posts - 16 through 19 (of 19 total)
1 2
  • The topic ‘A new experiment in math’ is closed to new replies.