National and State Subject Matter Content Standards for Math According to the California standards for high school students, the geometry curriculum contains six critical components: "to establish criteria for congruence of triangles based on rigid Continue Reading...
A disadvantage to interview research methods, on the other hand, include the potential for bias based on the respondents' desire to please the researcher, who will necessarily be directly involved in the research process. 7) In the One-Group Prete Continue Reading...
groups (control and treatment) for change in mobility of the women with osteoarthritis (OA) over 12 weeks with the results of F (1, 22) = 9.619, p = 0.005. Discuss each aspect of these results. The researchers were able to conclude that the findin Continue Reading...
movie Stand and Deliver (Menendez & Musca, 1988), which is based on the true story of Jamie Escalante, an individual who overcame ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic issues to become a highly successful mathematics teacher. Discuss the beliefs h Continue Reading...
Online Statistics Part 1 Probability theory is an aspect that is applicable on an everyday basis. A particular situation in which I may use probability theory to reach a decision in public management is to investigate equal employment prospects withi Continue Reading...
Table of ContentsPageChapter 1: IntroductionStatement of the ProblemThe Research Problem ....Background and Justification....Deficiencies in Evidence..AudienceSetting of the StudyResearchers RolePurpose of the StudyChapter 2: Literature ReviewTheoret Continue Reading...
Algebra Lesson Plans and Curriculum for the 7th Grade Classroom The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) provides a comprehensive set of principles and standards for developing curriculum for grades K. through 12th. Chapter two of the Continue Reading...
Time broken into hours, days, weeks, and months must also be mastered. This is the grade level where statistics are introduced. Students learn to "Collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments and record appropriately," and then turn tho Continue Reading...
148). All of these findings caused a profound impact on the young Einstein: "Since there was this wonderful parallel between Numbers and Nature, then why not use the laws of mathematics to articulate the laws of Nature? 'It should be possible by me Continue Reading...
The study had two central purposes: 1. To identify reform-related practices in mathematics instruction that have increased, decreased, or not changed since the implementation of high-stakes testing, based on educators' perceptions. 2. To determine Continue Reading...
Teach Geometry Dear Parent, This letter is in response to your question: Why are students in elementary school learning geometry when they do not yet know the basic facts and should be spending their time working on them instead? There are two pa Continue Reading...
As always, understanding is always the building block of finding a lasting solution to a problem, and this anxiety has not always been at the forefront of teachers' minds, but raising awareness could also help in beginning to solve the problem. Wor Continue Reading...
The fact that the sampling distribution of sample means can be approximated by a normal probability distribution whenever the sample size is large is based on the a. central limit theorem B. fact that we have tables of areas for the normal distribu Continue Reading...
Sine, Cosine, And Tangent When using trigonometric functions, the three sides of a right triangle (opposite, adjacent and hypotenuse) are identified in relation to a chosen angle. The trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, and tangent) are then defi Continue Reading...
real life example, we would compare the quarterly sales over 4 years. For this the following values would be made Line Graphs Pie Charts Colum Chart Scatter Charts Misleading charts and graphs Graphs and charts are tools for statistical analys Continue Reading...
However, because I am now more familiar with the different ways that data can be analyzed and presented, I am more likely to examine the underlying statistics used to support a claim than I was prior to taking this class. M8Lab8 Excel file 1. Des Continue Reading...
It enlivens what many people see as the isolating abstractness of mathematics Lipsey and Pasternack). A study of the literature on this issue brings clearly to the fore the realization of the importance of the integration and intersection between Continue Reading...
Presidential Fitness Testing National Significance Obesity and other lifestyle-related health problems have become increasingly fatal epidemics striking America's population in recent years. Though perhaps the most shocking and horrifying statistic Continue Reading...
U.S. Education James W. Guthrie, Paul T. Hill, Lawrence C. Pierce. (1997) Reinventing Public Education: How Contracting Can Transform America's Schools Illinois: The University of Chicago Press. This book presents a creative approach to the current Continue Reading...
Louisiana Education Educational Excellence Review goals put Educational Excellence All Children Act (1999). Goal 1: Ready learn year 2000, children America start school ready learn. Goal 2: School Completion year 2000, high school graduation rate in Continue Reading...
Lesson plans should closely follow the IEP goals. Disabilities should be an essential part of any curriculum discussion because it can impact a student's ability to learn certain material. Dylexic students for instance will have a fundamentally har Continue Reading...
Value: Problem Solving and Written Assessment by: Sharon R. Ross This paper provides an analysis of an article by Ross (2002), which describes the learning characteristics exhibited by young children in relation to a particular topic in mathematics Continue Reading...
Clickers/Responses Phonics Lesson Phonics Long Vowel - Silent e Lesson Plan for Special Education Objectives: Students will recognize and say words that follow the c-v-c-e and v-c-e rule where the first vowel is a long vowel and the final e is s Continue Reading...
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Key political, or legal issues, changes in K-12 assessment goals A Statute of instructive practice within the K-12 cluster involves instruction, curriculum and assessment among students. In this case, alignment ens Continue Reading...
Learning and Assessment Basics In a regular education classroom, eighth grade learners can be difficult to work with. That is largely because they are starting to develop more than they have in the past - not just physically, but mentally and emotio Continue Reading...
Lesson for Children With Learning Disabilities Developing a Lesson for Children with Learning Disabilities Learning disability is a term misused severally. In essence, it applies to students who have different learning challenges. Most people assoc Continue Reading...
1995 Annual Employee Survey" conducted by Office of Personnel Management that examines the working environments of federal employees. During the years 1994 through 1995, respondents were either promoted or not promoted (coding as 1 for promotion Continue Reading...
TEST CRITIQUE STRUCTURE Test Critique Structure of Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS) AssessmentIn todays modern world, where more deployment of artificial intelligence is observed, people have become anxious about their importance as the nece Continue Reading...
What is the independent variable (IV)? Social class and opinions are the independent variable (IV). What is the dependent variable (DV)? Welfare policy is the dependent variable (DV). What level of measurement do both the independent variable and d Continue Reading...
However, homogeneous-grouped classes of high-achieving sophomores and seniors in advanced classes exhibited greater achievement in both mathematics and English. No significant differences were found beyond these results. Regarding the effects of abi Continue Reading...
Size/Cooperative Learning & it's effects on participation Action Research Question Will cooperative learning have a significantly positive impact on smaller or larger classes? The purpose of this study was to investigate if cooperative learni Continue Reading...
Components of a Quality Curriculum An Annotated Bibliography Quality Curriculum The research indicates that a quality school curriculum is reflected by the curricula of its mathematics and science components, driven by its textbooks and teachers, Continue Reading...
Juvonen et al., (2004) explains that a teachers in depth understanding of mathematics in particular is extremely important in middle school. The authors also point out that learning more difficult math in the eighth grade such as math is imports bec Continue Reading...
The achievement gap also may ultimately negatively affect the U.S. As it may cause the nation to become less competitive in the increasingly global communities (What is the…, 2009). In addition, research indicates that the achievement gap cont Continue Reading...
He was active in research and was viewed as an intellect by his professors but he did not have social life[footnoteRef:8]. [8: Douglas, John, and Olshaker, Mark, the Anatomy of Motive (Scribner, 1999)] Early life records and analysis of Kaczynski a Continue Reading...
For the purposes of this review, Web-based instruction is considered to be any educational or training program distributed over the Internet or an intranet and conveyed through a browser, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Java applet Continue Reading...
Group Activities as Formative Assessment in Mathematics Classroom The modern educational system is characterized by an increase demand for accountability and high-stakes testing. The demand for such accountability and testing is demonstrated in the Continue Reading...
American Education Current state of American education In the United States of America, both the public and private schools are liable for the provision of education within the entire nation. In accordance with funding and the full control by the l Continue Reading...
For example, to assess arithmetic, number and operations concepts, the measurable objectives used include the pupil being able to demonstrate an understanding of the relative magnitude of numbers, being able to accurately solve problems involving pr Continue Reading...
