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From: Eric Moyer <[log in to unmask]>
To: Middle Level Mathematics Network <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: FW: controversy of standards and programs
Date: Mon, Nov 8, 1999, 9:40 PM


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I am writing to gain information about Mathscape.  Is
the unit called, "Chance Encounters" part of the grade
8 program?  What concepts are covered?

Thanks,   Eric Moyer, Manchester 8

--- Jim Abrams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Jim Abrams
> Director of Mathematics Education
> Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology
> 7 West Street
> Montpelier, Vt   05602
> Ph: (802) 828-0069
> FAX (802) 828-0076
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> From: "Leslie Ercole" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Middle Level Mathematics Network"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re:      controversy of standards and
> programs
> Date: Fri, Oct 22, 1999, 2:27 PM
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> I am in the second year of implementation of
> Mathscapes and love it! I agree
> that once you have won the kids over with the
> program, the parents are soon
> to follow. I am currently teaching the unit "Chance
> Encoounters" with my 8th
> grade students. Last week the students were telling
> me how much they enjoyed
> what they were doing in class. My guess is that this
> is not a conversation
> that you would have with students learning basic
> skills and rote
> memorization. There are always opportunities to give
> students basic skills
> work to take home. It is the ability to show
> students how math works in
> their lives that I find the challenge. With this
> math program I never hear
> "When am I ever going to use this?"
>
> Leslie Ercole
> Gilman Middle School


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