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Neil Groft

Is Algebra Necessary? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Neil Groft on 30 Jul 12
     
    Is Algebra Necessary? Adam Hayes By ANDREW HACKER Published: July 28, 2012 475 Comments A TYPICAL American school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with algebra. In both high school and college, all too many students are expected to fail. Why do we subject American students to this ordeal? I've found myself moving toward the strong view that we shouldn't.
Vicki Barr

HippoCampus - Homework and Study Help - Free help with your algebra, biology, environme... - 0 views

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math algebra US History biology

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  • Vicki Barr on 29 Oct 09
     
    great math website and biology and history
anonymous

State's graduation exam passes latest test - 1 views

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testing graduation

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  • The regulation calls for the state to provide 10 end-of-course exams, beginning with English literature, Algebra 1 and biology in 2010-11, with other English, math, science and social studies subjects being phased in through 2016-17.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 25 Oct 09
       
      I'm wonderfing what the other subjects will be.
  • School districts would be required to count the exams for at least one-third of a student's final grade or districts could use other options, including validated local assessments or Advanced Placement exams instead. Districts also could set up a project for students who failed exams.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 25 Oct 09
       
      So, someone at the state level will create a test that every student must pass, or they fail the course. Is there ANY DOUBT WHATSOEVER that teachers will now be teaching to that test? ALL curriculum around the state will have to change to match those tests.
  • Opponents of the exams told the regulatory commission that the testing program would cost too much to administer and be unfair to otherwise good students who perform poorly on standardized tests.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 25 Oct 09
       
      I think it's sad that their concern was first about the cost and not what it would do to teaching and learning in the state.
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  • We understand the system now,
  • Some have said that the exams would discourage students who have a hard time taking tests and would prompt them to drop out.
  • anonymous on 23 Oct 09
     
    Ready or not, here it comes.
anonymous

Graduation exam compromise earning mixed grades - 0 views

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education testing

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  • The latest version of Keystone Exams calls for the state to provide 10 end-of-course exams, beginning with English literature, Algebra 1 and biology in 2010-11, with other subjects being phased in through 2016-17. The state would ask the federal government to permit the first three to be used to satisfy the No Child Left Behind Act beginning in 2012-13, thus enabling the state to discontinue the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams in 11th grade.
  • For graduation purposes, school districts would need to count the exams for at least one-third of a student's final grade or districts could use validated local assessments or Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams instead.
  • anonymous on 13 Jul 09
     
    In defending this exam idea, one person said that she felt it was BETTER to give these tests than one PSSA test every three years. "Wouldn't you rather take the test when you can still remember the material?" Hmmm.... Does she know what she just said?
  • anonymous on 13 Jul 09
     
    In defending this exam idea, one person said that she felt it was BETTER to give these tests than one PSSA test every three years. "Wouldn't you rather take the test when you can still remember the material?"
anonymous

Wolfram|Alpha: The Use Cases - 0 views

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wolfram

shared by anonymous on 06 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Stephen Wolfram told Chronicle.com that computer-algebra systems like Wolfram|Alpha actually improve education - because they allow students to explore complex problems on their own and intuitively determine how functions work, rather than just learn rote processes. Wolfram claimed that "it's better to let them [students] stand on that platform and go further."
  • anonymous on 06 Jul 09
     
    More on the Wolfram Alpha search engine. An interesting read.
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