Is there something wrong with the way math is being taught?
Learning math: The performance of Canadian students in math has been declining for years. A new study says the solution is simple: we are not teaching it properly. What do you think? Is something wrong?
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Anna Stokke
Concerned parent, Professor of Math at University of Winnipeg, co-founded the Western Initiative for Strengthening Education in Math (WISE Math).
Charles Ungerleider
Former deputy minister of education for British Columbia; Prof Emeritus Social and Educational Studies UBC; author of "Failing our kids: How we are ruining our public schools."
Paul Cappon
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Council on Learning from 2004 to 2012 and former Director General of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. Currently Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Ottawa
LINKS
CBC.ca
- Canada's math teachers should get back to basics, report says
- Discovery-based math blamed for declining skills of B.C. students
- Politicians must 'avoid being sucked into math wars' (Sept. 4, 2014)
- Retired teacher calls for review of Ontario math curriculum (May 16, 2014)
- Math teacher defends Alberta curriculum (Jan. 7, 2014)
- Canada's students slipping in math and science, OECD finds (Dec. 3, 2013)
- Bad math blamed on 'abysmal' university students (Sept. 22, 2011)
- New math equals trouble, education expert says (Sept. 21, 2011)
- Canada's math, science lag bad for economy, report says (Oct. 8, 2013)
- Canadians' science literacy ranks 1st among 35 countries (Aug. 28, 2014)
National Post
- Decline of Canadian students' math skills the fault of 'discovery learning': C.D. Howe Institute, by Moira MacDonald
- Excellence in Canadian math education — by way of Singapore, by Adam de Pencier
- Ontario handing out $4M to teachers to help them improve their math skills
- Does 'discovery learning' prepare Alberta students for the 21st century or will it toss out a top tier education system?
- Math isn't hard. Teaching it is, by Robyn Urback
- Math wars: Rote memorization plays crucial role in teaching students how to solve complex calculations, study says, by Joseph Brean
- 'Disgraceful' professor ignites firestorm over his secret: modern scientists do not need advanced math
Globe and Mail
- Why the war over math is distracting and futile, by Erin Anderssen
- Editorial: Quebec math students do better because of private-school competition (Jun. 18, 2104)
- Canada's foundation for success is weakening (Jun. 2, 2014)
- What Shanghai can teach us about teaching math
- Redressing math scores needs to include university programs (Apr. 1, 2014)
- Canadian teens ace OECD problem-solving test (Apr. 1, 2014)
- Editorial - Math education: Mom, what's a 'times table'? (Mar. 28, 2014)
- Parents push Alberta curriculum back to math basics (Mar. 25, 2014)
Winnipeg Free Press
Macleans
University of Toronto News
Educhatter
OECD
CMEC
C.D. Howe Institute