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Balancing the Common Core Curriculum in Middle School Education

Composing Archimedes' Lever, the Equation, and the Sentence as an Interdisciplinary Unity
By:James H. Bunn
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9783319461052
eText ISBN:9783319461069
Edition:0
Copyright:2017
Format:Page Fidelity

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This book examines the idea of ‘good education’ which is thought to include a scientific and technical component, a mathematical component, a writing component, and an ethical and aesthetic component. Bunn proposes a new three-way intersection in these teachings: the basic sciences and mechanics of levering on a seesaw, the basic formulations of patterning an algebraic equation, and the basic rules for writing a sentence in English. In all three forms of inquiry, balance is the mainstay through which problems in US middle school education are brought together and analyzed.