Archive for March, 2008

Student Thought: On the weighted Regents pass rate and everything …

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

rightwingprof: I have a friend who passed her Math B Regents exam in 8th grade based on the rock solid, well-oiled test prep curriculum at her middle school. She then came to high school, got dumped into precalculus, didn’t know any of the material, … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to ...

IF YOU FAIL ALGEBRA

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

9jonesb: Yes, I know I am old, but I have to say that school has changed a lot from back in the day. First, we actually had classes where we got graded so we could pass into another grade level. Well, the time for those outdated systems of … Share and ...

"There's nothing wrong with my verbal skills. It only seems that …

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

: Having been briefed on the situation at the front door, I walked into the kitchen and The Boy was diligently working on math problems. It seems that math is actually very fun for some segment of twisted little seven-year-olds, … … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites ...

The Calculus has Changed

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

unknown: The trouble with the tech-blogoverse is that it’s peopled with tech bloggers. The trouble with tech bloggers is that we tend to be very number oriented. We tend to discuss computers in gigahertz and megabytes and througput and backside … Read more

8.5 continued oooo yea

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

admin: do-not-steal.jpg. To day in class we discussed logrythims on the caculator and showing the graph and data tables. Ex: log4(x-1) First you put it into the formula. which is logcU=logbU/logbc. So it will look like this … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share ...

Math & Social Justice

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

unknown: From Wednesday, March 19 to Thursday, March 20 a panel that includes Algebra Project founder Bob Moses and RadicalMath.org founder Jonathan Osler will answer questions posted to an online discussion board about math and social justice. … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share ...

Today's Slides: March 12

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

unknown: Here they are … SlideShare | View | Upload your own. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Read more

Influencing resolution: External roles in changing the strategic …

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

unknown: This article focuses on how external actors can best support a constructive process leading to a mutually acceptable peace agreement - potentially by going beyond hard bargaining strategies to much broader problem-solving approaches. … Read more

21st century skills, part 2

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

unknown: … math out of math, and the words out of English… In ten years, schools will consist of nothing but finger-painting. Which might have been fine twenty years ago, but completely inappropriate for the crayola-based skills needed to … Read more

UEFA Soccer 08 stadiums revealed

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Kayley Kenzie: While that may seem like the extent of our math skills we can say for sure that Electronic Arts have released 8 screens of the stadiums being used in UEFA Soccer 2008. So far it looks as if EA has successfully recreated the stadiums … Share and Enjoy: These icons ...