Hi,
And here I moaned about noone ever coming here, but the guy that invented Math U See is going to be at the Southwest Dyslexia conference. I personally did not like the videos— well I have ONE Math U See video. But he does seem to be personable and interesting and I am comparing him against the more professional Barton tapes which are well much more expensive. Still I think he’d be great live, where his interest and enthusiasm will rub off. I read in the bulletin that he hated math in school and did poorly.
—des
Re: Math U See speaker at SW dyslexia conference
Oh I like *him*. No kidding about wishing he was your math teacher!!
I just didn’t think the math videos themselves were esp. polished. Kind of not necessary, imo, either. I have not seen the intro video and I have immediate level. I have not used it, but I plan to use it to supplement the stuff from OCN on place value, adding and subtracting and fractions so far anyway. I think it is far stronger, imo, than OCN in those areas. OTOH, I feel the visualization in OCN is valuable and not really duplicated anywhere.
—des
Re: Math U See speaker at SW dyslexia conference
Excellent point, des. I agree. OCN is unique and wonderful but not a complete math curriculum. One HAS to pair it with a full curriculum if she/he is really teaching math.
Other than the tape quality issue, MUS is like Barton in that the teacher training is on video, which is a big plus. The other K-3 program I have considered is Stern Structural Arithmetic with is sold by EPS (www.epsbooks.com). You can use Unifix products instead of most of the expensive manipulatives that are sold to go with the Stern workbooks. But I’d love to compare MUS Foundations to Stern if I should end up working with k-3 only. Obviously MUS would be better for those working with kids above 3rd.
Janis
Re: Math U See speaker at SW dyslexia conference
Actually MUS goes from K- wherever trig might be on the spectrum. Never took it. But there is algebra and geometry, so I think would take most kids as far as they need to go.
I didn’t really even feel the tapes were all that necessary, just my opinion of course, but somewhere along the while i just started looking in the book. A couple points might be missed. Not quite the same as Barton where you could NOT do it without the tapes. Still I think he is great, and watching his interactions with students was prolly the biggest plus!
—des
I kind of liked him in the free video…sort of wish he had been my math teacher! I heard an updated version of MUS will be coming out in the next few months, so maybe the videos will be updated, but I don’t know for sure. Let us know what you think.
Janis