Miran Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Okay... I'm a freshman in college (at Georgia Tech), and this year is the first year I've used sigma notation... I'd say its pretty crazy for a 7th grader to be doing the same thing. Whoever these kids are though, they will be insanely smart by the time they are my age. Dude..... You can't be serious? Sigma notation is one of the basics! In grade 6 we called it "sum-of" - no symbol, but the concept was there. In grade 7 sigma notation was just glanced over, along with product notation... The American school system consistently produces the lowest math and science test scores out of any 1st world nation... Sad considering it never used to be like that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Eighty Eighth Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 (edited) i don't think that's year 7 :/ i started learning a few of those theories in late highschool. still, i always believed smart kids in some Asian countries start learning Calculus when they are in year 8. heh. /edit/ haha, this reminds me of quote against the American education system: "Exhausting. It took the students 40 minutes to locate Canada on the map!" - Marge Edited December 11, 2003 by Jason the Eighty Eighth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclip30 Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Im in the 12trh grade and have no idea what have that stuff is. if i had that in 7th grade i woulda quit. But i do live in Alabama and everyone in the world gets better education that us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted December 11, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 11, 2003 Just wondering if this is too difficult for grade 7 kids(foCanadianb> grade 7 kids, that is)i> In Ontario, ideas and concepts that used to be taught at the Grade Ten level are now being compressed down to the Grade Seven level as part of the new curriculum. So it looks to me to be consistent with our old Grade 10 and our new Grade 7 stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrA Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Im in the 12trh grade and have no idea what have that stuff is. if i had that in 7th grade i woulda quit. But i do live in Alabama and everyone in the world gets better education that us. I'm in university and my basic math skills are terrible :whistle: And yeah, I hate the stupid new curriculum. I got caught in the double cohort. At least no-one has to worry about that anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted December 11, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 11, 2003 And yeah, I hate the stupid new curriculum. I got caught in the double cohort. At least no-one has to worry about that anymore. Yea the Torries really stuck you lot with the new curriculum and the double cohort. Couldn't that stuff have been phased in? I do think it needed updating but what was the hurry. Why make guinea pigs out of the students? The new textbooks weren't even ready on time for the start of the year. I'd have to have been in the system when the new curriculum first came out. Imagine that you were in grade six under the old curriculum and then you come back in september and you need to learn stuff that previously was taught in grade 10 with no preparation. What were they thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted December 12, 2003 Global Moderator Share Posted December 12, 2003 im going to have to say yes... maybe not 8th or 9th... but get rid of the crazy variables... use a regular font, thats even hard for me to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I know in 8th grade I didn't learn half of that stuff. That stuff seems pretty damn difficult, unless you're teaching an extremely intelligent, strange-kidded class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted December 12, 2003 Author Share Posted December 12, 2003 im going to have to say yes... maybe not 8th or 9th... but get rid of the crazy variables... use a regular font, thats even hard for me to read. lol it's not the point. i cant do nothing with the font. it's the handout given to me :rolleyes: but yeah, they're hard to read on the comp but it's better if you print it out. I think we teach sigma notation in grade 9 in BC? dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irate Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 (edited) I'm doing my year of Teachers College now, and the feeling that the curriculum is a touch too difficult is pretty much the feeling across the board from (Ontario anyways) teachers that I've talked to. Never mind my problem with the whole concept of a curriculum, that's an entirely different argument. It's good I suppose because if the kids understand it, they'll be set for high school. But at the same time, some of this stuff is ridiculous. Question number two took me a second to figure out (and I have a BSc in physics, with a minor in math.) Not that it's difficult, but when I was in grade 7, I would've had difficulty with the notation used. Why not just simplify it a bit? I suppose it's just minor things, but the teacher could've made this easier, and still had the same educational effect. Good luck with the assignment lad. Edited December 14, 2003 by irate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryptonik Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 I'm in Geometry and I don't know if it is the teacher, or the students, but everyone would be failing her class if it wasn't for her dropping low grades and all that. I find it difficult and very frustrating at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted December 14, 2003 Author Share Posted December 14, 2003 I'm doing my year of Teachers College now, and the feeling that the curriculum is a touch too difficult is pretty much the feeling across the board from (Ontario anyways) teachers that I've talked to. Never mind my problem with the whole concept of a curriculum, that's an entirely different argument. It's good I suppose because if the kids understand it, they'll be set for high school. But at the same time, some of this stuff is ridiculous. Question number two took me a second to figure out (and I have a BSc in physics, with a minor in math.) Not that it's difficult, but when I was in grade 7, I would've had difficulty with the notation used. Why not just simplify it a bit? 2x + 5 = yx - 3, solve for y. I suppose it's just minor things, but the teacher could've made this easier, and still had the same educational effect. Good luck with the assignment lad. I can't figure out that one either. That one is so confusing, to me, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma429ad Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 i'd say that'd probably be pretty difficult. i'm in advanced math at a private school and am tutoring some 6th graders who can barely grasp fractions, decimals, and percents. if you can get the kids to learn it though, i think it'd be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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