I enjoyed the preface and look forward to the book! I have worked in school classrooms and higher education for 50 years, focusing on students with learning difficulties/disabilities. A number of researchers (especially the Direct Instruction group) in the U.S. have saying similar things over the last 60 years to little avail. I hope that your recent efforts, especially in the area of working memory might convince a larger number of educators to follow the science. Anita Archer (my mentor) and I grew of just providing research rationales and decided to write a detailed text on implementing an explicit approach to teaching academic content, including math. It was/is our hope that allowing educators to actually see, in detail, how and why to use it "makes sense." We hope to make your book and its findings a central part of our rationale for EI, as well as for the methods that address concerns in working memory in our second edition. Thanks again, Charlie
I enjoyed the preface and look forward to the book! I have worked in school classrooms and higher education for 50 years, focusing on students with learning difficulties/disabilities. A number of researchers (especially the Direct Instruction group) in the U.S. have saying similar things over the last 60 years to little avail. I hope that your recent efforts, especially in the area of working memory might convince a larger number of educators to follow the science. Anita Archer (my mentor) and I grew of just providing research rationales and decided to write a detailed text on implementing an explicit approach to teaching academic content, including math. It was/is our hope that allowing educators to actually see, in detail, how and why to use it "makes sense." We hope to make your book and its findings a central part of our rationale for EI, as well as for the methods that address concerns in working memory in our second edition. Thanks again, Charlie
Charlie,
For your information, the Kindle version of "Traditional Math" is available for purchase at Amazon. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1915261546?asin=B0BK93KBHF&revisionId=&format=2&depth=1)
The paperback version will be available for purchase on Nov. 18, 2022.
Thank you; I am familiar with Anita Archer's work and appreciate your support!