tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305496736552575948.post7201435233897284497..comments2023-07-03T08:54:56.572-06:00Comments on Kevin's Totally Awesome Blog :): MthEd 117 Blog #5Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00325889134180595975noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305496736552575948.post-80789526868947743592010-02-19T09:07:56.920-07:002010-02-19T09:07:56.920-07:00I enjoyed reading your response. I agree that Warr...I enjoyed reading your response. I agree that Warringtons method is extremely time consuming and in secondary schools it would be impossible to take time to wait for students to give answers rather than just tell them. I do think that because Warrington was teaching elementary grades that it would be a little more realistic for public schools to implement her teaching methods.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02557185526840924778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305496736552575948.post-39811528907490872932010-02-17T18:33:43.250-07:002010-02-17T18:33:43.250-07:00I think that you have identified many of the objec...I think that you have identified many of the objections that people have with Warrington's method of teaching. However, your objections are not new to Warrington--I'm sure she's heard every one of them several times from other teachers. Interestingly enough, she keeps teaching this way. My guess is that she has pretty good responses to these objections. Can you guess what they are?<br /><br />I really appreciated your passion and the depth of your comments in this entry. I would like to encourage you, however, to follow the guidelines for the entries more closely. Your argument would have been strengthened if you had divided your thoughts into two paragraphs with appropriate topic sentences for both. In fact, I think you could have made all of the same points using the suggested format, but done so in an even clearer way.Dr. Daniel Sieberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08368158973200343666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305496736552575948.post-40604262657358921662010-02-15T17:32:19.829-07:002010-02-15T17:32:19.829-07:00Your thought about this teaching style allowing st...Your thought about this teaching style allowing students to explore the world of mathematics is nicely worded. I like the idea of exploration because that is what the students are doing; as they are given new material, they explore to figure out what methods and rules apply and can be formed. Furthermore, your paragraph nicely lead up to this final idea.<br />I wonder if this teaching style could truly never work in a public school. I understand the time commitment, but I believe that it could be done. I do not think private versus public schools are the issue at hand, it is the support of the school, parents, co-teachers and students that really make the difference.rjackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15201910695153957615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305496736552575948.post-32469234358594813322010-02-15T15:14:40.971-07:002010-02-15T15:14:40.971-07:00Kevin,
I totally agree with the fact that Warrin...Kevin, <br /><br />I totally agree with the fact that Warrington's method takes WAY to long! Classrooms cannot spend months and months and months on fractions! And if she wants all math to be taught this way, more complicated math will just take even longer than these fractions took to learn, and that time just does not exist!<br /><br />One thing I think you could take into account is that Warrington did not set up her classroom like Benny's classroom was set up. Warrington was listening to everything the students were saying! Therefore, if no one had come up with the right answer, I truly believe she, and any other teacher, would have intervened. Benny's classroom did not have a teacher listening to everything he was doing. That teacher just looked at his answers at the end of each unit. Thus, I am forced to disagree with you that Warrington would ever let her students construct false knowledge. <br /><br />Thanks for your post!Annalee Hickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02279523641913567893noreply@blogger.com