“The problem with this model of instruction is that it leaves behind large gaps in understanding. For A students, it might be a 5% gap, for C students a 30% gap.”
This point in the article really got my attention. When I go through Saxon Math with my kids, it’s a ZERO percent gap that I will tolerate. If they get 70% of the problems right, I will make darn sure they understand the other 30%, not 29%, 30%!!! I’m sure Wintertime does the same - there is no way to get your kids 5 years or more ahead of their age peers by allowing ANYTHING to be missed.
I like this guy. Being on this site as long as I have, I get real suspicious when I see the name Khan. But this guy made a big effort to help his cuz’s, and built from there - he is very, very, cool and I admire him.
Is it mostly keynesian or neoclassical ?
He did get a little political on his housing stuff, so I'm wondering what version of that he gave.
Yes, it’s excellent. I homeschool and use kahnacademy.org for math lessons. The short youtube videos work well with short attention spans, and kids with reading disabilities too.
I will make darn sure they understand the other 30%, not 29%, 30%!!! I’m sure Wintertime does the same - there is no way to get your kids 5 years or more ahead of their age peers by allowing ANYTHING to be missed
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Absolutely! If they missed even one problem I wanted to know why that happened. We thoroughly reviewed the concept, and only then did we move forward They carried this habit of achieving 100% mastery with them when they were on their own in college.
I gave 2 grades an A and a DA (do again). I did not accept anything less than an A.
My son said I was tougher than his freshman college professors.