(I am so glad that things have changed. In 1963, when I was labeled a "gifted student" things were not great. I took part in one of the first studies on this. Half the chosen went to live in dorms at university at 15, the rest stayed in local schools with added support. Guess which cohort succeeded? Yep not mine. University at 15 fucked me up.)
Meeting the Needs and Potentials of High-Ability, High-Performing, and Gifted Students via Differentiation.
@corlin Interesting. There was no gifted program at my school. They didn’t even allow students to skip grades.
I was in a gifted program for one year, in fourth grade, and it was the best year I ever had in school.
They cancelled it because it made dumb kids' parents mad to have their children deprived of bullying targets or something.
@mcfate @misslovelymess @corlin
Went to an experimental school let us progress at our own pace. Was a blast. The 2 years untetheredmade all the rest of the normal curriculums a breeze.
The programs my kids participated in were crap.
@damselfly59 They started the new math when my son was in school. He already struggles with math, so helping him with his homework caused so much frustration.
Him: I need to do this division.
Me: Here’s how you do long division.
Him: I can’t do it that way.
Me: But you still get the same answer.
Him: But I can’t do it that way.
Me: Just show your work, they can’t not accept it.
Him: 😡
Me: 😡 😢
@misslovelymess I am learning new math now. I get the frustration. I always have to ask him to explain how he was taught first. But now that I know it... it is a better way to think of numbers that supports algebra when they get there.
But initially...wtf...@mcfate @corlin
@misslovelymess😂 I had many fs to give before capitulating @mcfate @corlin
@damselfly59 I was too stubborn to see the merits of new math.
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