Sentences with phrase «algebra teacher who»

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It is like a mathematics teacher in high school who might say to a student, «Verily, verily I say unto thee, except thou canst do decimals and fractions, thou canst in no wise do algebra.»

I think of a successful elementary school and several teachers who really cared and invested some extra time to make sure I didn't fail algebra.

Jane Baton, who identified herself as a local algebra teacher, said she was concerned about standardized testing when it came to students» math aptitude, and said rigidity in the system is not good for students.

I have a son who is 4 and I am going to school to be a middle school algebra teacher.

Some of the high school texts were absolutely first - rate, and new - math - era textbooks like Mary Dolciani's «Structure and Method» series for algebra and geometry continue to be used by math teachers who understand mathematics and how it is to be taught.

The optional - remediation law is forcing professors in college - level composition classes to spend time on basic sentence structure, while mathematics teachers who were ready to plunge into algebra are going over fractions.

The Better Math Teaching Network (BMTN) is a networked improvement community of researchers, teachers, and instructional leaders from New England who are working toward the common goal of increasing the number of students who are deeply and actively engaged in understanding algebra.

For example, how well do students who had Teacher X for 7th grade math perform once they get to algebra?

For example: With an effective teacher the test scores on a mathematics course such as Algebra 1 would indicate those student who will fail in more advanced mathematics courses.

Administrators and teachers were concerned, for example, because they did not know when the state «s high school proficiency test would begin testing for content taught in Algebra II, and what would happen to students who did n`t pass the test.

Now how do high schools find significant number of teachers who are credentialed, experienced and effective in algebra, geometry and algebra 2?

Phone call # 4: The mother of a highly gifted girl who does algebra in her head «for fun» and consistently scores four years above grade level on tests of mathematics achievement called to ask me how she could convince the classroom teacher and the gifted coordinator that her young daughter did not need to keep adding and subtracting one - and two - digit numbers with the rest of the third grade class.

The conservatives who control the board have neutered the teachers union, prodded neighborhood elementary schools to compete with one another for market share, directed tax money to pay for religious education and imposed a novel pay scale that values teachers by their subjects, so a young man teaching algebra to eighth graders can make $ 20,000 a year more than a colleague teaching world history down the hall.

Through a project called Algebra by Design, funded by Lucent Technologies, we are working with teachers in grades 5 - 12 in the Syracuse City School District to (a) increase significantly the number of students who are successful in learning the core ideas of algebra, (b) increase the depth of algebraic understanding of all students and enhance their problem - solving skills in mathematically challenging design projects and activities, (c) provide teachers with experience and collaborative support in the use of Standards - based curricula, design projects, and current and emerging technologies, and (d) prepare new teachers in partnership with practicing teachers through observations, field placements, and semester - long interAlgebra by Design, funded by Lucent Technologies, we are working with teachers in grades 5 - 12 in the Syracuse City School District to (a) increase significantly the number of students who are successful in learning the core ideas of algebra, (b) increase the depth of algebraic understanding of all students and enhance their problem - solving skills in mathematically challenging design projects and activities, (c) provide teachers with experience and collaborative support in the use of Standards - based curricula, design projects, and current and emerging technologies, and (d) prepare new teachers in partnership with practicing teachers through observations, field placements, and semester - long interalgebra, (b) increase the depth of algebraic understanding of all students and enhance their problem - solving skills in mathematically challenging design projects and activities, (c) provide teachers with experience and collaborative support in the use of Standards - based curricula, design projects, and current and emerging technologies, and (d) prepare new teachers in partnership with practicing teachers through observations, field placements, and semester - long internships.

A teacher who uses this technique with her 9th grade algebra classes told us that one day she moved on too quickly, without scanning the students» cards.

«You have a lot of kids who get pushed into algebra when they're not ready,» said Mark Stolan, a math teacher at Quimby Oak Middle School in San Jose.

Professor Weissman's Software is looking for teachers of Algebra 1 Common Core who are interested in beta testing the latest version of its tutorial software for the New York State Regents.

of my debate teacher Mrs. Forsgren, Mr. Dickson the tough high school musical director, Mr. Hansen in Choir, Mr. Browning in AP history, Ms. Cowan in Criminal Law, Miss Baker in algebra and Mrs. Hawkins — the hardest English teacher at Uintah High School — who gave me their world of teaching.

e district's algebra teachers recorded lessons and shared them with a coach from Insight Education Group, who was able to provide detailed and actionable feedback that the district did not have the resources to do on their own.

I used these in a class I was teaching for teachers who wanted to learn about using algebra tiles.

She'll be telling a story about deciding to become a physicist and realizing she needed to learn all of math — from basic algebra to advanced calculus — in a summer, and the teacher who helped her do it.

What I mean is the guys in class who really thought through things were the ones who didn't push the I believe button and instead checked the teacher's algebra.

Worked with other teachers at an after school tutoring program for 110 students who needed to retake their state Algebra test which contributed to 37 % of these students passing their retest