A math education professor is arguing that gifted math classes cause “academic apartheid” among students, claiming that the practice is rooted in “capitalist exploitations and settler colonialism.”
The study, “Understanding Issues Associated With Tracking Students in Mathematics Education,” was published in the new issue of the the Columbia University journal Mathematics Education by Cacey Wells, a professor at the University of Oklahoma.
In his article — which relies heavily upon social justice math theory — Wells takes aim at what teachers call “academic tracking,” which is the practice of placing students in different math classes (such as pre-algebra or gifted classes) depending on test scores.
Under the tracking system, for example, a student who scores in the top 10 percent of his peers may be placed into a precalculus course. On the other hand, a student who scores in the lowest 10 percent may be placed into a remedial math class, or perhaps pre-algebra.
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9 comments:
let's continue the dumbing down so that we fall further behind other countries.
Where do "authors" like this come from? Re-open the mental hospitals so these people can get treatment!
Some go to remedial gym class. Some go to college on a sports scholarship. Where's the justice?
WTF is wrong with these people. Whatever happened to "you'll be more successful if you try harder". My wife and I busted our asses through life to get what we have and instilled those same principles in our kids. We are what most people would call very successful but there were several years we didn't have a pot to piss in.
Do I know people more successful than us? Absolutely? Am I jealous? No, just envious that they tried harder than me.
There is no reward without risk...and hard work.
Missing is the information that with assistance, those in more rudimentary classes can move to advanced classes.
Next we will not be allowed to talk if someone is present who doesn’t understand the language being used. Idiots!
In other words most minority's 13% cant comprehend or keep up so just scrap it.
give everybody a trophy
I hear a lot of kids in schools talking about going to basketball, football or soccer practice. I never hear them talking about going to math practice, English practice, chemistry practice...something to think about.
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