Word: math
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Monday, and Mrs. Wampler is squeezing in one more math lesson before her morning kindergarten class leaves for the day: "If you have three bunnies and three apples, and there is an apple to go with each bunny, then they are...equal." It's hard to tell whether her 25 pint-size students are still with her. They have been busy all morning working on language skills, word recognition, counting, sets, days of the week and primary colors, in addition to trying to complete an art project and work on assorted social skills, such as raising one's hand before...
...unnoticed backdrop to whatever we decide to engage ourselves with noticing. I far prefer songs with meanings to which I can relate, so that when I sing along I am uttering words and thoughts and feelings which have a point relevant to my life. Points--not only in math--lead to lines and planes which define dimensions. And in the abstract reality which makes life artistic and worthwhile, it is a complex dimensionality which contextualizes...
Many of the successes seem to be the result of rigorous testing methods which ensure that students pass the nationwide exams in writing and math. Schools which fail to prepare students for the tests can be "reconstituted"--in other words, completely overhauled by the state, which demands the resignation and reapplication of each teacher and administrator. Such incentives have clearly changed both the expectations and the achievements in Texas schools. Scores on nationwide tests ranked Texas students among the top in the nation in math and writing...
...minority students the changes have been even more dramatic. Schools can be examined by the state if the entire student body is testing well but a certain demographic, say Latino males, is scoring below average. The results: black and Hispanic students ranked first in math and second in writing on the nationwide tests, and the achievement gap between white and minority students has closed dramatically...
...math professor not bad at all...pretty good body, seriously...