Should there be an eighth-grade algebra requirement?

Should there be an eighth-grade algebra requirement?

YES Give all students the opportunity to excel BY GARY D. ASKINS IN A LETTER accompanying the U.S. Education Department's Mathematics Equals Opportunity white paper, former education secretary Richard Riley said, "The key to understanding mathematics is taking algebra or courses covering a...

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Veröffentlicht in:American Teacher 2008-12, Vol.93 (4), p.3
Hauptverfasser: Askins, Gary D, Brookins, Peggy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Algebra
Mathematics teachers
Middle schools
Minority students
Secondary schools
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Zusammenfassung:YES Give all students the opportunity to excel BY GARY D. ASKINS IN A LETTER accompanying the U.S. Education Department's Mathematics Equals Opportunity white paper, former education secretary Richard Riley said, "The key to understanding mathematics is taking algebra or courses covering algebraic concepts by the end of eighth grade." It fails to recognize that most math teachers at this grade level spend more than half of the year in the "find it, fix it" mode with struggling students and are unable to introduce many of the fun- damental concepts necessary for future success.
ISSN:0003-1380