Word: algebra
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...Moses left his work on the philosophy of mathematics in order to develop a different way to teach algebra. He is responsible for influencing teaching methods that changed the way students learn higher math. In 2002 he received the James Bryant Conant Award of the Education Commission of the States and two years later won the McGraw-Hill Prize in Education...
...teachers, background investigations for future civil servants, and “character and fitness” committees waiting to vet budding lawyers to make sure that domestic communists, fellow travelers, and “pinkos” could not sap the vitals of America by teaching fifth-grade algebra or becoming licensed to practice estate planning in Iowa. The country was at war in Korea. There was military conscription. Everyone valued his student deferment, except for those lucky enough to be accepted into one of the three Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs that flourished on the campus. But despite...
...computer game alone can cure adolescent financial ignorance. Some curriculum experts wonder why high schools are still teaching algebra, trigonometry and calculus but not the financial skills their students will need to survive in the real world, such as how to fill out tax forms, compare interest rates or calculate the return on an investment. "More schools need to offer money-management classes," says Lewis Mandell, a finance professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo who oversaw the JumpStart research. "The curriculum has to be made relevant to their lives...
...applications and received their acceptance letters. Many of them understandably feel entitled to a little downtime. The 30% of seniors who aren't headed for higher learning may not have figured out what they want to do after graduation, but they are pretty sure that it won't require algebra or Shakespeare...
...critics complain that it's often the facilitator who is really communicating), but it has clearly turned Hannah's life around. Since her breakthrough, she no longer spends much of her day watching Sesame Street and Blue's Clues. Instead, she is working her way through high school biology, algebra and ancient history. "It became obvious fairly quickly that she already knew a lot besides how to read," says her tutor, Tonette Jacob...