Sentences with phrase «of teaching math»

To use her knowledge of teaching maths in schools to provide specialist advice to the curriculum committee.

Now that's a much more female way of teaching math.

The old style of teaching math is based on concrete thinking and concrete reasoning.

Background includes 5 years of teaching math and 25 years as a system engineer utilizing real - world math applications, on - the - job training of peers, and project management.

If you're preparing early childhood educators for the critical task of teaching math, this groundbreaking resource is just what you need to plan and implement effective professional development.

Supporters say the state has adopted a more practical and effective way of teaching math.

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of ATL, comments on rolling out south Asian method of teaching maths in primary schools.

But there's potentially more at stake than a not - yet - written report on which U.S. schools do the best job of teaching math and science.

In the latest report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, China ranked fifth in math and the United Kingdom ranked 27th, so the UK Department for Education has begun implementing a new style of teaching math modeled on the way math is taught in China.

When Nicole Lent's principal asked her to give up teaching a single class of students in favor of teaching math across her Bronx elementary school,...

When Nicole Lent's principal asked her to give up teaching a single class of students in favor of teaching math across her Bronx elementary school, she was skeptical.

This is an evidence - based method of teaching maths targeting students in Grades 1 - 8.

It didn't take long before I started busting through our adjoining door — like Jerry Seinfeld's neighbor Kramer in his television show — with a content notebook in hand, asking even more questions about student work and diving deeper into the craft of teaching math.

«I am excited to work with Trellis because we are in a time of major transition in terms of teaching math, as well as teaching in general... The changes I am observing are based on my (distant) recollections of my school experience, and my time in school.

The new math of the «60s, the new new math of the «80s and today's Common Core math all stem from the idea that the traditional way of teaching math simply does not work.

Yet the thought of teaching math can be intimidating, especially for adults who have math phobias themselves.

Eleventh year of teaching maths in a public high school in Western Sydney, Australia.

According to a study conducted by psychologists at the University of Missouri, «Math is critical for success in many fields, and the United States is not doing a great job of teaching math.»

Despite hosting the fact sheets online and handing out the booklets, we couldn't expect parents to instantly understand the new methods of teaching maths: learning through the application of a broad range of mathematical skills to solve a problem.

The UK Department for Education has begun implementing a new style of teaching math modeled on the way math is taught in China.

Duncan added that NACS also provided workshops for teachers that identified unique and interesting ways of teaching math and science to youth, and she said the presence of elders helped NACS demonstrate strong links between the traditional and the scientific - technological.

The study, which analysed the results of different methods of teaching maths in three American high schools, found that an approach that involved students not being divided into ability groups, but being given a shared responsibility for each other's learning, led to a significant improvement in the achievements of high and low achieving students.

The lengthy Times» excerpt tells the story of a teacher who fell in love with novel ways of teaching math that were pioneered by reformers in the United States and adopted in his native Japan, reportedly to great success.

Parents accustomed to the «classic style» of teaching math — long worksheets of standard algorithms with one or two word problems at the bottom — worry about the unfamiliar presentation of their kids» homework, and many opponents have delighted in picking apart often inscrutable questions.

After diving into research and applying what she learned, Felicia and her elementary students have left behind a traditional way of teaching math and awakened to the exciting possibilities.

Thousands of primary schools in England are to be offered the chance to follow an Asian style of teaching maths.