Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has just announced the launch of a new math curriculum, titled "Math in Focus", which is adapted from Singapore's most widely used program, My Pals Are Here! Maths.
Who would have thought! Not I. This series contains "carefully... paced instruction of fewer topics at each grade in greater depth to ensure mastery". That's exactly what I've wanted to see in school books and what I have tried to create with Math Mammoth.
It also has a close alignment to the NCTM Focal Points, a "concrete to pictorial to abstract" approach, and instruction centered around problem solving using multiple models.
I feel quite surprised. See Math In Focus website for more.
It appears NCTM's Focal Points are having their effect.
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2 comments:
Math learning (rather teaching) is generally weak/poor in my country. An education reform team here is working with Singapore, so I'm more hopeful now.
I'm very fond of math and love solving math problems. I feel sad when I hear of problems at school, with math. Not sure, though, whether I myself could have been an effective math teacher. I imagine it to be tough.
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