Not exact matches
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.
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.
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?
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 inter
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 inter
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 internships.
«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.
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 tea
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 tea
School —
who gave me their world of teaching.
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