Spiral Reviews for Mathematics Wow.
SO many things wrong with that.
(Renzulli-- which is too-often shorthand for "bright not gifted" and enrichment using FLUFF, IMO; the notion that repetition is "necessary" for authentic learning; that learning is like the process of BURNING a track on a CD or something;
multiple choice assessment as 50%-- or more-- of the 'assessment' associated... etc. etc.)
By the way, Connections Academy's new "Common Core" compliant mathematics program is using "spiral reviews" (as in the link) as a MANDATORY
cornerstone of K-8 mathematics.
Revolting.
Please understand that I'm not objecting to this practice for
typical students in mathematics-- but for those children who are clearly not working at their ability level within a classroom, either in level or rate. With a HG+ student, frankly, this entire thing sounds like the extraction of a pound of flesh.
Who else has examples of educational practices which may
sound good in theory (or maybe not even then, LOL) but in pragmatic terms, seem to be operating in violation of
everything that is known about educating HG students?
