Hotchkiss vs Andover

TonyGrace
Sat, 10 Apr 2021 02:50:34 +0000

CateCAParent:

My kid’s problem-based learning (Exeter) math classes go something like this:

No book. No written instructions. Just problem sets.

Kids prepare the problems, or try to, on their own outside of class. They are free to attack them any way they want, alone or in groups.

The kids each present their solution to a problem to the class, with the group conversation facilitated by the teacher, talking about alternate solutions, tweaks to the problem, etc.

A test every so often

more problem sets, some problems circling back to old material, so it is difficult to tell where geometry ends and pre-calc begins. It is all game.

This is a very good description. We are also at a school that follows this program. I am a huge fan!

Hands down the hardest class for freshmen (and new sophomores) to adjust to IMO, but everyone does eventually.