Re: Is this math test too easy?

From: Saint Cad (saintcad_at_emailblackhole.com)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:16:05 GMT

"William Booth" <boothwe@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:ng7od.37300$jE2.36836@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
>
> "Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1c0aba6cfa02df0298cda1@news.odyssey.net...
>> "wind" wrote in sci.math:
>> >If you want to be taught algebra, then get the top algebra
>> >teachers/researchers and pay them to produce some video/internet tapes.
>> >That means you don't have to pay for all the teachers around the
>> >country.
>>
>> The problem with that is that VERY few students learn without
>> personalized feedback.
>>
>> I've learned the hard way in my classes that most students are not
>> able to look at a prepared solution, compare it to their own, and
>> determine correctly whether the two are equivalent. To me this is
>> the justification for marking papers: even a bright and dedicated
>> student needs that personalized feedback.
>
> If your theory is correct, then why do so few students excel in math and
> the
> sciences at the high school level? Certainly, if the teacher was doing so
> much feedback, there would be Einsteins in every school. The problem is
> with the teacher and with the system. The teachers are not qualified to
> teach, and the way the system is set up, students are not allowed to think
> about the subject, since they have several, unrelated subjects spewed at
> them all day long.

What do you base that statement on? What is your definition of qualified
and what statistics do you have to back up your claim?

Would you require teachers to have a master's degree in math and a full
credential before they can teach? If so, then you should know that that is
the new requirements under No Child Left Behind.

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