tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post1593439312024488767..comments2023-11-13T04:55:40.769-05:00Comments on Tuttle SVC: Student & Task Models in the Common Core RevisitedTom Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-30172342498734141462013-05-23T14:08:54.702-04:002013-05-23T14:08:54.702-04:00"OTOH, "I don't think these standard..."OTOH, "I don't think these standards are worth thinking about in detail," is a pretty damning criticism.""<br /><br />I hope it's damning. I think the standards are largely counterproductive. I agree with what you quoted Deborah Meier saying about the progressive straw man: that focusing on all these micro-level "skills" is unlikely to lead to much learning.EChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14853888915441711738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-26048342892957677852013-05-23T09:35:36.071-04:002013-05-23T09:35:36.071-04:00Well, yes, this does just grind my mental gears fa...Well, yes, this does just grind my mental gears far too much, I agree. OTOH, "I don't think these standards are worth thinking about in detail," is a pretty damning criticism.Tom Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-55595577785228560622013-05-22T21:07:28.115-04:002013-05-22T21:07:28.115-04:00Yikes--you are spending too much time thinking abo...Yikes--you are spending too much time thinking about these really boring details! The whole point of the CCSS is that all the things they ask our students to be able to do are just the basic things that any decent reader would OF COURSE know how to do. Again, I don't think these standards are worth thinking about in detail. It's like making up a long list of standards for dropping in on a halfpipe: the student will be able to place the tail of the board on the coping; the student will be able to balance with his weight on the tail of the board; the student will be able to shift his weight to the front foot; the student will be able to steer the board in a straight line down the transition; etc. No--why not just say, kids should know how to drop in... Breaking the process down is completely worthless--and in fact is counterproductive since it leads the teacher to try to explicitly teach what the kids will do anyway, like steering in a straight line down the tranny. If you don't, you fall.EChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14853888915441711738noreply@blogger.com