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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

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  • Conceptually links three academic domains, Math, Science, and Literacy through the notion of ‘balance’

  • Language and theoretical nature of central claims make this project accessible and relevant to academic audiences

  • Helps to unify the contents of the Common Core Curriculum

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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. 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of English, University at Buffalo, Williamsville, USA

    James H. Bunn

About the author

James H. Bunn is Professor Emeritus of English at the University at Buffalo, USA. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Balancing the Common Core Curriculum in Middle School Education

  • Book Subtitle: Composing Archimedes' Lever, the Equation, and the Sentence as an Interdisciplinary Unity

  • Authors: James H. Bunn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46106-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83442-9Published: 13 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46106-9Published: 09 January 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 227

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Studies, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation

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