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> tuning the students in to Khan Academy and suchlike programs I think parents have an enormous role to play in the effectiveness of K-12 education. If they ar

> tuning the students in to Khan Academy and suchlike programs I think parents have an enormous role to play in the effectiveness of K-12 education. If they are not very much involved (e.g., enforcing, participating, encouraging) then school isn't valued or prioritized, nor will the average student see how fun many subjects can be to learn (assuming the teacher may not be effective at this). > were taught math badly > teach it badly Just an aside, wouldn't this be expressed as "taught poorly"?

mathattack 10y ago
Just an aside, wouldn't this be expressed as "taught poorly"? Blame the English teacher who thunk it badly. :-)
ScottBurson 10y ago
But the parents also suffered through incompetent math instruction. Unless they are among the few who loved the subject anyway, they're not going to be able to help. > Just an aside, wouldn't this be expressed as "taught poorly"? I don't think there's anything wrong with "badly" here, and at least one dictionary [0] seems to support me; see esp. sense 2. But "poorly" works just as well. [0] http://www.dictionary.com/browse/badly http://www.dictionary.com/browse/badly
- eatbitseveryday 10y ago
  > But the parents also suffered through incompetent math instruction. Agreed, but that doesn't mean parents are not able to be encouraging. Their support, I believe, is more valuable than their level of absolute education on the common subjects.
lithos 10y ago
The average parent would almost never have time to teach a subject they know, how would they find time to teach something they don't know.
- jsymolon 10y ago
  Just showing interest and asking what the child is doing is often enough. If the parent can get the child to explain it, that also helps. AKA rubber duck debugging.
  - eatbitseveryday 10y ago
    > Just showing interest and asking what the child is doing is often enough. Yes, this is what I meant to convey.

mathattack 10y ago

Just an aside, wouldn't this be expressed as "taught poorly"? Blame the English teacher who thunk it badly. :-)

ScottBurson 10y ago

But the parents also suffered through incompetent math instruction. Unless they are among the few who loved the subject anyway, they're not going to be able to help. > Just an aside, wouldn't this be expressed as "taught poorly"? I don't think there's anything wrong with "badly" here, and at least one dictionary [0] seems to support me; see esp. sense 2. But "poorly" works just as well. [0] http://www.dictionary.com/browse/badly http://www.dictionary.com/browse/badly

eatbitseveryday 10y ago
> But the parents also suffered through incompetent math instruction. Agreed, but that doesn't mean parents are not able to be encouraging. Their support, I believe, is more valuable than their level of absolute education on the common subjects.

lithos 10y ago

The average parent would almost never have time to teach a subject they know, how would they find time to teach something they don't know.

jsymolon 10y ago
Just showing interest and asking what the child is doing is often enough. If the parent can get the child to explain it, that also helps. AKA rubber duck debugging.
- eatbitseveryday 10y ago
  > Just showing interest and asking what the child is doing is often enough. Yes, this is what I meant to convey.