[Tuxmath-devel] Re: Tux of Mathcommand - teacher reactions

[William K. <nb...@so...>]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 11:55:39AM -0700, Harry McGregor wrote:
> Ok, I finaly got some time to sit down with some teachers at corbett:
> 
> Here is the reaction of a 2nd grade teacher.
> 
> Addition and subtraction are the correct level for this grade level (in case you want to do options like -2ndgrade).
> 
> The operations need to be changed to the format:
> 
> 	 2
> 	+2
> 	--
> 
> 	instead of 2+2
> 
> By the end of 2nd grade students should be able to do simple 2 digit addition with and without carring:
> ie:
> 	 22     And    25
> 	+22           +27
> 	---           ---
> 
> Some way of controling this would be nice.  Also the rate of decent is too quick for most of the teachers, let alone the 5th grade students.
> 
> 
> 			Harry


Hi Harry.. thanks for the feedback.  Hmm... these tweaks shouldn't be
too difficult.  I also like the idea of the grade-based options,
although a few things:

  Like you actually pointed out, by the end of the 2nd grade, the students
  will be able to do different things, so I suppose we'd need to split it
  up into "--grade 2nd" and "--grade end-2nd" or something...

  I'm not sure what standards there are in the US or elsewhere, but I have
  a feeling some schools may have slightly different standards for what
  will/should be taught in different grades and during different parts
  of grades.  (Also, some countries use different grade level values, I think)


However, I'll keep it in mind.  Adding to TODO.txt.


Sam, you around?  Have you considered redoing some of the game graphics
due to this week's tragedy?

Thanks!


Somberly,

-bill!