SMSG made prefect sense and allowed me to sit in the back of the class reading Heinlein and biographies of U.S. Frontier Explorers.
> SMSG made prefect sense and allowed me to sit in the back of the class reading Heinlein and biographies of U.S. Frontier Explorers.
LOL! That's what I used to do in English.
After college I substituted in Boston area high schools. Once I had to fill in for math. The advanced group was using the SMSG text! So I explained that I couldn't be of much help. Instead, I said, we'll go around the room, each of you giving the answer to a homework problem. If someone disagrees or has a question, you explain how you got your answer. They all participated and it was a very productive class. I haven't "taught" math since.