Sentences with phrase «mathematics teachers today»

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Copyright 1988, Editorial Mathematics Education Month»: A month chosen by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics during which individuals and institutions are encouraged to schedule events that emphasize the importance of mathematics in today's society.

Many of the current mathematics teachers in secondary schools today have not studied the topics they are teaching since they themselves were middle - or high - school students.

At the time, like today, far fewer individuals were being prepared to be mathematics teachers in California than the state needed.

In today's article we speak to Global Teacher Prize top 10 finalist Eddie Woo about helping students overcome maths anxiety and seeing the connections between mathematics and their life outside of the classroom.

President Barack Obama spoke about the effort on NBC's «Today» show last week, telling Matt Lauer that the administration would, in particular, like to recruit 10,000 new mathematics and science teachers over the next two years.

Benefits of online mathematics courses have been noted to include (a) a wide range of potential resources; (b) convenience, flexibility and accessibility, which is especially important to teachers who have busy schedules and may not be able to attend face - to - face learning opportunities; (c) a dynamic learning environment; (d) varied communication opportunities; (e) the potential for individual and independent learning; and (f) the facility with which today's students may engage in these learning opportunities (Engelbrecht & Harding, 2005a, pp. 264 - 266).

She has authored, edited, and / or co-authored numerous books on mathematics education, among them, Making Moments Matter: Conferring with Young Mathematicians at Work (New Perspectives, available through Amazon.com), Models of Intervention in Mathematics Education: Reweaving the Tapestry (NCTM and Pearson), Young Mathematicians at Work (a series of 4 books on numeracy and algebra published by Heinemann in the U.S. and distributed in Canada by Pearson), Learning to Support Young Mathematicians at Work (Heinemann), A Parent's Guide to Math Education in Today's Schools (New Perspectives, available through Amazon.com), Reconstructing Math Education (Teachers College Press), Constructivism: Theory, Perspectives and Practice (Teachers College Press) and Enquiring Teachers, Enquiring Learners (Teachers College Press.)

«The most effective response to today's findings is focusing on what works across reading, mathematics and science - high - quality school leadership and great teachers delivering an engaging curriculum which includes strong basic skills, attitudes and behaviours that can equip young people to succeed,» he said.

Over 100 teachers were in the room today while Aaron taught, not to mention some of the brightest minds in Lesson Study and modern mathematics education.