Thursday, July 14, 2011

Tough Calculus as Technical Schools Face Deep Cuts - New York Times

Matthew Kelly was in danger of becoming one of them. Tests showed he had a high intellect, but Mr. Kelly regularly skipped homework and was barely passing some of his classes in his early years of high school. He was living in a motel part of the time and both his parents were out of work. His mother, a former nurse, feared that Matthew had so little interest he would drop out without graduating. Then his guidance counselor suggested he take some courses at a nearby vocational academy for his junior year. For the first time, the sloe-eyed teenager excelled, earning A’s and B’s in subjects like...

Barriers to physics education - News & Observer

Many states look to North Carolina and its Research Triangle Park as the model for attracting high-technology industries. But a recent report from the American Institute of Physics says that the state lags badly in preparing its own K-12 students to succeed in college majors in science and engineering that lead to well-paid careers at Research Triangle Park and elsewhere.The Institute of Physics' Science and Engineering Readiness Index (SERI) compares states by how well they prepare their K-12 students for the challenging undergraduate majors in science and engineering. The index is inspired...

Math Videos Go From YouTube Hit To Classroom Tool - NPR

Math Videos Go From YouTube Hit To Classroom ToolNPRFifth-graders (from left) Reese Toomre, Lucas Nguyen and Michael An race through the Khan Academy's Trigonometry Challenge. The program allows more advanced students to move ahead, while other students can proceed at their own pace. ...and more&nbs...

Annoying trigonometry problem! - GameDev.net

Annoying trigonometry problem!GameDev.netThe yellow lines is a path where my unit is supposed to walk. When he reaches the corner, he will perform a smooth curve along a circle where the center is P, and with the blue lines representing the radius. Then I calculate a triangle using the ...

A Lifelong Math Hater's Surprising Love Affair With Advanced Stats - Matchsticks and Gasoline

A Lifelong Math Hater's Surprising Love Affair With Advanced StatsMatchsticks and GasolineI remember long tutoring sessions with my father (a stockbroker) at the dining room table that extended late into the night, often ending in my frustrated tears as I struggled to improve my understanding of fractions and trigonometry. ...

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Algebra security breach nullifies Regents test questions - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Students in the Rush-Henrietta and Victor schools who took this year's Algebra II/Trigonometry Regents exam will get pass/fail grades instead of numerical scores because questions on the exam were in a study guide used in both districts.Travis Anderson, spokesman for Rush-Henrietta Central School District, said a teacher there wrongly used a secure Algebra II field test given in the district last year to create a study guide for the June 21 Regents exam.That study guide was shared with colleagues in the Victor schools, he said.When school officials realized students had been prepped with questions...

Scores spring ahead - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

WTHIScores spring aheadFort Wayne Journal GazetteAbout 70.2 percent of Indiana's public school students passed both the English and math portion of the ISTEP+ in 2011, up from 68.2 percent last year. English/language arts pass rates jumped from 76 percent to 78 percent; math pass rates from 78 ...ISTEP reveals Indiana school districts' rankingsIndianapolis StarACSC's ISTEP numbers decreaseThe Herald Bulletin70 percent of students pass ISTEP math, EnglishIndianapolis Business JournalMuncie Star...

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