Comments on: Asilomar #2: What Do We Do With The Seniors? /2009/asilomar-2-what-do-we-do-with-the-seniors/ less helpful Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:51:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Dan Meyer /2009/asilomar-2-what-do-we-do-with-the-seniors/#comment-252927 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:51:54 +0000 /?p=5366#comment-252927 Bill, you aren’t alone. An attendee mentioned that she earned UC approval for her problem solving course by adding in a semester of Statistics.

]]> By: Bill Bradley /2009/asilomar-2-what-do-we-do-with-the-seniors/#comment-252913 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:32:45 +0000 /?p=5366#comment-252913 We just this year added a Statistics and Data Analysis (non AP) course to address this very problem. While I like the problem solving course idea, I think that Stats is probably a far more useful course for a vast majority of people than an introduction to Calculus.

]]> By: Jason Dyer /2009/asilomar-2-what-do-we-do-with-the-seniors/#comment-252911 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:49:44 +0000 /?p=5366#comment-252911 Man, they have a problem with a surfeit of seniors who are done with Pre-Calculus and need more math?

Would _love_ to be suffering like that, seriously.

(Oh, and we do have a Contemporary Math class that uses the Crossing the River with Dogs book. Some take concurrent with Algebra II or Pre-Calculus, some take after Algebra II.)

]]> By: RichTCS /2009/asilomar-2-what-do-we-do-with-the-seniors/#comment-252903 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:21:48 +0000 /?p=5366#comment-252903 I love the Herr and Johnson textbook (“Crossing the River With Dogs”) that you mentioned for the problem solving option. I use it with my 7th and 8th graders for really great problem solving strategies — it’s written more for the high school level (so it would work perfectly for the course that your speakers suggested) or community college level, but I think that the large majority of the problems are still very accessible for middle schoolers too.

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