Deborah Loewenberg Ball, an expert in
elementary school math instruction and professor of education at the University of Michigan, still teaches in the classroom, in part for research purposes.
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In line with that recommendation, the Obama Administration has proposed spending $ 60 million on research exploring «evidence - based» approaches to improving
math instruction from
elementary school through college.
The clearinghouse now houses more than 500 reports that summarize current findings on such topics as
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A 2006 national survey by the Center on Education Policy, an independent advocacy organization in Washington, DC, found that in the five years after enactment of NCLB, 44 percent of districts had increased
instruction time in
elementary school English language arts and
math while decreasing time spent on other subjects.
Hill says the quality of
math instruction varies widely, especially in
elementary schools, where generalists typically teach all subjects, up through fourth or fifth grade.
«I'm particularly interested in improving
math instruction in
elementary and middle
schools,» he said.
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She compares the approach to the way many
elementary schools teach reading — by offering 83 minutes of
math instruction on most days and teaching students by grade level and by ability.
But parents at other
schools say
elementary math instruction has changed so much they've formed a group called Hoosiers Against the Common Core that's leading a statehouse push to withdraw Indiana from the new standards.
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He feels the
math instruction at Abigail's public
elementary school in Manhattan is subpar — even after the
school switched to the Common Core State Standards.
Zimba began the Saturday lessons to make up for what he felt was subpar
math instruction at Abigail's public
elementary school in Manhattan after it switched to the Common Core, a set of controversial new
math and English standards adopted by most states in 2010.
This statewide summit brought together K - 12 and higher education administrators,
math faculty, and teacher preparation faculty to gain a clearer understanding of best practices in
math instruction for students transitioning from
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Previous to her Leadership Team assignments, Ivey served as the director for preK - 12 curriculum and
instruction in the Instructional Services Department, where she supervised the offices for preK — 12 core academics (English,
math, science, and social studies), early childhood, advanced academics, online campus, office of counseling, summer programs, and
elementary and secondary
school support.
Using our new tools for measuring instructional content, we have found that
elementary math and high
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instruction that is better aligned to the new standards in their state than are
elementary ELA teachers and high
school math teachers.
At both the
elementary and middle
school, the team is increasing data transparency to drive personalization of
instruction and purposeful student choice so that students can simultaneously close academic gaps in
math and reading and develop the necessary student agency skills to drive their own learning.
Its advocates argue that
elementary school students especially lose out by getting
math instruction from classroom teachers who not only have no specific
math expertise, but also often do not like
math themselves.
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