Comments on: Asilomar #7: A Complete, Balanced Curriculum

By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Tweet-Sized Tasks

dy/dan » Blog Archive » Tweet-Sized Tasks — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:11:22 +0000

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By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Other People’s Problems

dy/dan » Blog Archive » Other People’s Problems — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:58:16 +0000

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By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » The Two Lies Of Teaching

dy/dan » Blog Archive » The Two Lies Of Teaching — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:21:53 +0000

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By: Ben Chun

Ben Chun — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:25:47 +0000

I should add: I’ve actually taught both Geometry and Analysis using the CPM text. In both cases I abandoned it midway through the year for the above reasons.

By: Kilian

Kilian — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:19:17 +0000

For sure. I was dumb-founded by the appearance of deer and derailed my own workshop.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:03:56 +0000

That’s Sanderling. Shaped like an octagon. About as close to the water as any room at Asilomar.

By: Kilian Betlach

Kilian Betlach — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:59:33 +0000

From my perch in an office in Oakland, I hear great things about CPM. The middle school that is probably doing more to marry equity of access and excellence in achievement than anyone else statewide swears by it.

For what it’s worth, I swear I’ve presented reading workshops in the room pictured above.

I’ve also been in a room with H. at least five times, as well.

By: Ben Chun

Ben Chun — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:25:43 +0000

I can’t support CPM: Not enough practice problems to develop fluency, too much reading and setup per problem (especially for language learners), comes with its own dogma about teaching (all group work all the time), and uses nonstandard terminology.

That said, the guy sounds totally reasonable.

By: dan

dan — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:36:32 +0000

I used CPM when I was a three-days-a-week intern my junior year of college. Like, pre-pre-service so, while I enjoyed it, I don’t feel particularly confident in my assessment.

@Jackie, what I meant was that he rattled off the first four quickly and struggled for a fifth. Meaning, essentially, that even Sallee overestimated how many concepts Algebra encapsulates.

By: Chris Lehmann

Chris Lehmann — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:39:39 +0000

So are you a fan of CPM? That’s what we use as a backbone theory here.