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Parents Talk: How Much Learning Should Happen at Home?
The Internet has opened up a world of at-home learning opportunities, but how much should we rely on those when many families still don't have Internet access?
Directors who attend the Minnesota School Boards Association conference are inundated with presentations and ideas, but one idea in particular had the Hopkins School Board talking: Stillwater’s fifth grade Flipped Math pilot program. In a normal classroom, students listen to their teachers in the classroom and then practice the skills they learn at home. Classroom instruction is typically aimed at average students, and the teacher isn’t available to help students as they practice the skills they learn at home. Flipped Math, as its name suggests, turned this on its head. Students viewed the math lessons and took an online quiz at home, and then worked on problems in the classroom, where teachers and classmates are able to help. Teachers …
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rob_h78
1:14 pm on Monday, January 30, 2012
It seems to me that learning the mechanics at home and then having the teacher available to help understand how to apply those steps is far more valuable than the other way around since the application is where many if not most people get stuck and need help. I have my son do at least 90 minutes of "extra" homework seven days a week split between grammar and math and we use the Khan Academy … more ›