tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467202639598238063.post643243403465464172..comments2024-03-24T08:15:29.679-05:00Comments on misscalcul8: The Textbook Debaclemiss.calcul8http://www.blogger.com/profile/02014623484245570719noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467202639598238063.post-24434057785532314672011-09-10T02:09:12.815-05:002011-09-10T02:09:12.815-05:00CME is awesome. A different teacher I met recently...CME is awesome. A different teacher I met recently told me that she uses CME and ups the level of difficulty for her kids based on the ideas presented in the textbook.<br /><br />I myself do what Marcelle does, but I do it based on a variety of resources, textbook being one of them. In the end, my kids need to be able to do everything that is presented in the textbook because my colleagues and I share the same midyear tests. But how I get there is by my own scaffolding (and secretly teaching how I think the kids need to learn the topics). For that, books like CME -- and other thin tradebooks as well! and the web! -- are very helpful.<br />Mimiuntilnextstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285583728476473117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467202639598238063.post-57503525977831576202011-09-09T12:07:37.856-05:002011-09-09T12:07:37.856-05:00Thanks for the information. I've used parts of...Thanks for the information. I've used parts of CPM and I liked it but I'm not sure how to use it in a way that 'aligns to common core' and prepares students for standardized tests, which is sad to say.miss.calcul8https://www.blogger.com/profile/02014623484245570719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467202639598238063.post-13644497211498083742011-09-09T09:44:27.861-05:002011-09-09T09:44:27.861-05:00I agree that CME is a really good textbook. It kin...I agree that CME is a really good textbook. It kind of straddles the line between the "traditional" textbook and the "reform" textbooks like CPM & IMP. It looks like a "traditional" textbook (and follows the algebra, geo, algebra 2, etc. course map) but it's really more focused on making sense of ideas and making connections between them. <br /><br />Bowen Kerins is one of the textbook designers. You might have heard of him regarding: PCMI, his comments on Dan Meyer's blog, competitive pinball. If you get in touch with him, he might be able to hook you up with sample texts for free/cheap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467202639598238063.post-76134285479836999182011-09-08T16:01:34.802-05:002011-09-08T16:01:34.802-05:00CME is awesome, I wish we had it. Blog and more i...CME is awesome, I wish we had it. Blog and more info here: http://patternsinpractice.wordpress.com/<br /><br />While you aren't scaffolding as explicitly, students are still internalizing. The questions that you ask over and over (both on paper and aloud) are memorized and mimicked. Most students do it without even realizing. I would be interested to know if the rate of acquisition depends on the model though.Tina Cardonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00549943329133396794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467202639598238063.post-20953500438207452482011-09-08T11:44:10.056-05:002011-09-08T11:44:10.056-05:00I'm not forced to use a textbook that is misma...I'm not forced to use a textbook that is mismatch to my students, I just haven't one that IS a match.miss.calcul8https://www.blogger.com/profile/02014623484245570719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467202639598238063.post-78333870658998551042011-09-08T10:47:58.539-05:002011-09-08T10:47:58.539-05:00Finding a good textbook is essential to teaching a...Finding a good textbook is essential to teaching a course. Creating your own should really one be a last resort when there is no good textbook available. One of the advantages of being a university professor is that you get to choose textbooks fairly freely. One of the disadvantages is there there often is no textbook in cutting-edge fields.<br /><br />A good textbook will have already done a lot of the curricular work designing assignments with appropriate scaffolding, and only minor tweaking should be needed to adapt it to your class. Being forced to use a textbook that is a bad mismatch to what your students need makes a teacher's job 3 times harder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467202639598238063.post-74396354714775425372011-09-08T10:33:40.929-05:002011-09-08T10:33:40.929-05:00This is great. I'm going to print it out, so I...This is great. I'm going to print it out, so I can use these ideas this coming it.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.com