tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17504635.post113642023032574848..comments2023-11-03T03:25:58.422-04:00Comments on MathCog Idiocy: Math Ed in the elementary grades - a questionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14350832388608921347noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17504635.post-1136427207411312502006-01-04T21:13:00.000-05:002006-01-04T21:13:00.000-05:00Blast my bottom fractions didn't work right... tha...Blast my bottom fractions didn't work right... that's the problem with text writing of fractions... *grin*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17504635.post-1136427092701056882006-01-04T21:11:00.000-05:002006-01-04T21:11:00.000-05:00One test - 2 questions only - should be able to we...One test - 2 questions only - should be able to weed out the people who should never go near math...<BR/><BR/>Question 1 - what is the answer to 153/0<BR/><BR/>Question 2 - solve - show your work...<BR/><BR/>2x + 4<BR/>______ = 25<BR/>3 + 7y<BR/><BR/>They immediately flunk if they don't declare Question 1 to be an illegal operation and/or they break apart the above fraction like so...<BR/><BR/>2x 4<BR/>__ + __ = 25<BR/>3 7y<BR/><BR/>BTW - there were people in my Calc 2 class who at one point did both of the above! <BR/><BR/>If they don't know that the above are wrong - they have no business teaching elementary math... I'm just sayin'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17504635.post-1136425618551621122006-01-04T20:46:00.000-05:002006-01-04T20:46:00.000-05:00I think requiring the elementary teachers to pass ...I think requiring the elementary teachers to pass 12th Grade Math should be a good start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17504635.post-1136423983609266092006-01-04T20:19:00.000-05:002006-01-04T20:19:00.000-05:00Although some of it is dependent on the college, m...Although some of it is dependent on the college, math teachers are generally math majors who tack on some education courses including student teaching. Elementary teachers are education majors. The college here, which has a good reputation for its education program, requires elementary ed majors to complete a second major. The majority choose psychology.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350832388608921347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17504635.post-1136422116213129802006-01-04T19:48:00.000-05:002006-01-04T19:48:00.000-05:00So are math teachers Education majors or Math majo...So are math teachers Education majors or Math majors or both these days? <BR/><BR/>I seem to remember my high school math teacher was familiar with groups, rings and fields - but that was 30 years ago.<BR/><BR/>andy.sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com