Comments on: Critical Math http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/03/12/critical-math/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: Singapore math in LA at Joanne Jacobs http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/03/12/critical-math/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Singapore math in LA at Joanne Jacobs Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:37:38 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/03/12/critical-math/#comment-488 [...] Knowledge schools have seen success with both Singapore and Saxon math, writes Robert [...] [...] Knowledge schools have seen success with both Singapore and Saxon math, writes Robert [...]

]]> By: vital core http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/03/12/critical-math/comment-page-1/#comment-475 vital core Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:32:17 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/03/12/critical-math/#comment-475 Some comments: We do Saxon, and have examined Singapore and know people who use it. Saxon is ok from 5/4 and above, but K-3 is terrible. John Saxon wrote 5/4 as the intro text, but had to start it at 5/4 for schools and then made three more silly books for K-3. They are really bad. So we just <a href="http://mathflashcards.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">memorize the math facts</a> and start in 5/4 around age 6-7. I've never found Singapore very good. I don't see what everyone sees in it. And even though I like Saxon best, I'm still not very impressed. I think there could be a better program. Some comments:

We do Saxon, and have examined Singapore and know people who use it. Saxon is ok from 5/4 and above, but K-3 is terrible. John Saxon wrote 5/4 as the intro text, but had to start it at 5/4 for schools and then made three more silly books for K-3. They are really bad. So we just memorize the math facts and start in 5/4 around age 6-7.

I’ve never found Singapore very good. I don’t see what everyone sees in it. And even though I like Saxon best, I’m still not very impressed. I think there could be a better program.

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