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> But really what I'd like to see is math taught in a far more granular way. I really like your proposal! (And not just for math; any subject could be taught t

> But really what I'd like to see is math taught in a far more granular way. I really like your proposal! (And not just for math; any subject could be taught this way.) Problem is, if everyone advances in a different way, it is no longer possible to have 20-30 kids in the classroom listening to the same lecture. Because one of them is today at week 1, another at week 2, etc. So now you need to learn from books or computer. > And there'd be no need for a gifted program. We would need some bonus "weeks" that are not meant for the average student, but the matematically gifted students could take them. First, students should be able to take "weeks" typically meant for older students, even if that meant that gifted kids at elementary school would take lessons meant for high school students. Second, there could be alternative lessons exploring the topic in greater depth, or exploring connections between various topics. Third, there could be optional lessons with topics that are normally not taught at all. All three of these should be available, not just the first one (although even that would be way better than nothing, which is what we have now). To give an example of a deeper lesson, while average students learn e.g. that binary numbers exist, and maybe learn to convert from decimal to binary and vice versa, gifted students could also learn to do addition and multiplication directly in binary. An example of a topic typically not taught could be set theory, or game theory.

beej71 5y ago
> So now you need to learn from books or computer. Or, since I'm King, I propose we hire enough well-paid teachers to cover our needs. But actually in the inverted classroom model, you have video lesson "homework" (what we think of as the lecture) and then the students come to class to do exercises. The teacher becomes more of a tutor. So one teacher could still cover students within a few weeks of each other. And I definitely like the idea of a week having the minimum work and a pile of bonus work for the over achievers.

beej71 5y ago

> So now you need to learn from books or computer. Or, since I'm King, I propose we hire enough well-paid teachers to cover our needs. But actually in the inverted classroom model, you have video lesson "homework" (what we think of as the lecture) and then the students come to class to do exercises. The teacher becomes more of a tutor. So one teacher could still cover students within a few weeks of each other. And I definitely like the idea of a week having the minimum work and a pile of bonus work for the over achievers.