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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 479662"><p>OK, I gotta jump in on this one. My job for the past 5 years has been as an elementary math interventionist. I worked with the kids that struggled to "get math". Personally, there are kids who just are not gong to be able to memorize things so I spent most of my time with them working on strategies. I learned this with difficult child 1. After working with him on strategies, he can do most math in his head and can actually do it fairly quickly. He hoovered on the timed facts tests so they finally quit grading him on those and graded him totally on the work he did. I mean, in real life, what job out there requires you to use multipication facts FAST? For those that are able, absolutely wonderful. For those that can't, using our energy to teach them to figure it out instead is time better used. The stress on some of these kids is, in my opinion, is insane (no offense Insane LOL). I absolutely HATE the way the No Child Left Behind act is being implemented and measured. The whole thing needs an overhaul.</p><p></p><p>Please don't start throwing rotten veggies at me Janet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 479662"] OK, I gotta jump in on this one. My job for the past 5 years has been as an elementary math interventionist. I worked with the kids that struggled to "get math". Personally, there are kids who just are not gong to be able to memorize things so I spent most of my time with them working on strategies. I learned this with difficult child 1. After working with him on strategies, he can do most math in his head and can actually do it fairly quickly. He hoovered on the timed facts tests so they finally quit grading him on those and graded him totally on the work he did. I mean, in real life, what job out there requires you to use multipication facts FAST? For those that are able, absolutely wonderful. For those that can't, using our energy to teach them to figure it out instead is time better used. The stress on some of these kids is, in my opinion, is insane (no offense Insane LOL). I absolutely HATE the way the No Child Left Behind act is being implemented and measured. The whole thing needs an overhaul. Please don't start throwing rotten veggies at me Janet. [/QUOTE]
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