I fail to see how this is possible, since there are important ideas behind the technical skills which we want students to learn. The students also criticize the inconsistency of standards from one calculus class to another. I have a friend who s getting 110 percent and hasn t studied yet. Meanwhile, they say that only three of fifteen students in their class are passing. Andrews echoes the students complaints.
Reform confuses teachers and creates variations in quality.
The new books are coming back to the middle. When the innovators no longer receive credit for their ideas, that means we ve won.