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Show vr. C-- ) ry' . ACTIVE LEARNING . . . Sixth grade teacher Carol Jean Bethers teaches the concept of rounding numbers in this outcome-basemath session at Farnsworth elementary. d Used At District Schools 1 1 - Education Is Outcome-base- d , GRANGER This is the second year we have had the outcome based into fractions, Miss Bethers observed In a regular math education program in our school and class, sixth graders are not expected are really excited about it. to reach that point until jweThat January, was the comment of teacher 7 she noted, so they would still be sixth grade working on the basics, even if they n Carol Jean Bethers, teacher at F arns worth already know them. now in use at r The pilot program is elementary The program avoids schools in Granite district, she time for the student, who wasting can adsaid, all of which are using the 1GE vance to a new concept as soon as he has mastered the first. (individually goaled education) coAt the same time, the program ncept. jl The program is presently focusing benefits the student who has a pro;on math, but is expected to move m-- t blem m any area, explained the to English areas, grammar, spelling teacher. If a student has a problem in one area of addition, subtraction ; and language skills, she remarked There is a big difference m or other math, he can work at that in their rate of growth asnd area, with help when needed, until ; learning This program lets each ad- - he masters it, then advance to the vance at his or her own pace, placing next concept, knowing he has 1 each student at his own learning mastered the first The program builds confidence, students do not ; level, in each concept, so he always t knows one concept before advancing skip a difficult part of the pro2 to the next, she explained gram and then find in junior high ; Basically, the program offers the that they cannot do basic addition or s student a chance to have control multiplication, she said , over the learning process by We teach each student what he J dividing the math program for each does not already know, instead of gograde into concepts, presenting ing over and over the parts he does the student with a goal in each con-- J know cept and allowing him to advance as Students who master the concepts soon as that goal is reached really well can even move into preAs an example, Miss Bethers ex-algebra, she remarked, or algebra, plained that m sixth grade math, noting that some of last years sixth j students should already know the graders are already m algebra basic skills and are expected to go on calsses in junior high, some skipping J into such areas as fractions, as much as two years of junior high When math j decimals and percentages , school The program builds confidence. opened last month, the students were given a review of last Students find they really can learn ; years work, designed to help them math skills, while some who always recall concepts they may have hated the subject, or were afraid of 2 forgotten during the long summer it, find they can really enjoy it, she vacation This was followed by a test added to see exactly where each student Each student receives a regular 1 leveled, what they remembered evaluation Each knows If a student already knew all the where he stands and what heexactly ; needs to do to advance ; necessary addition steps, he was 2 to on Parents also like the ready go the the next concept, the or step, rather than having to repeat teacher said A report program, sheet is sent the addition, or other related skills, home at the end of each concept, 2 with the rest of the class, she ex-- ; showing where the student is in each area, including homework and plained ' Some of our sixth graders are on page 9 already 2 2 2 r b A a eats sjBijiawo&HEyiiy fi ao CLEARANCE AND AS-IS- " BEDROOMS, BEDDING, BUNK BEDS, DINETTES, DINING ROOMS AND MUCH MORE! 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