There are several views of curriculum that we, as mathematics educators, often encounter. (In this essay, "we" refers to the group at TERC that has been working through these ideas while developing the K-5 curriculum, Investigations in Number, Data, and Space.) One is that teachers, especially elementary teachers, are so under-prepared in mathematics that the curriculum must do everything for them. It must tell them exactly what to do, when to do it, and in what order. Once this was called "teacher-proof"
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Goals and Student Learning Objectives. The course will emphasize basic principles of mathematical modeling, computational algorithms and spreadsheet computer solutions of optimization, decision analysis, simulation and network based methods applied to business problems. I. Students will learn various aspects of Linear Programming How to formulate word problems algebraically How to obtain Graphical Solutions to problems with two variables How to set up Linear Programming problems in the spreadsheet
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studying how to design the interiors of buildings. In order to be successful in this professional, working on live projects and gaining practical skills is the most essential requirement. The various universities in the UK that offer undergraduate courses in interior designing strongly focus on this aspect. Live projects, studio tutorials, seminars and workshops are part of the curriculum that make the students become professionals to land their dream jobs on the basis of building of strong portfolios.
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ICNE YALE #98 ETHICAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY NURSING STUDENTS IN TURKEY Fethiye Erdil and Fatos Korkmaz Nursing students increasingly encounter ethical problems during their clinical practice which sometimes infringe the rights of patients. However, so far there is no study in Turkey on the extent of problems from the perspective of nursing students, as well as how nurses are involved in ethical decision making process. This study is conducted at Hacettepe University Health Science Faculty
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They can be distributed into community factors, school and classroom environments and individual student characteristics (Harris, 2013). Such factors can have an effect in the teaching and learning process. After researching it is evident that these factors affect all schools in the country. Although every school is different due to their geographic, socioeconomic, ethnicity, schools and student characteristics, all school have the same factors that affect the teaching and learning process (McDoniel
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comprehension, and evaluating progress toward the completion of a task are metacognitive in nature. Because metacognition plays a critical role in successful learning, it is important to study metacognitive activity and development to determine how students can be taught to better apply their cognitive resources through metacognitive control. "Metacognition" is often simply defined as "thinking about thinking." In actuality, defining metacognition is not that simple. Although the term has been part
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vacations for students would be spread out through the whole year. Students would have their vacations in smaller periods of time and they would be during the course of the whole year instead of having the two months of summer. The best decision would be to let the school system carry on as it is, because the students get time to relax and free their mind from all the academic studies, it also gives the school time to do some repairs and/or renovations, and it gives the students time to build new
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Italian, German, French or Indian food! Cultural diversity also makes our country stronger and better able to compete in the new global economy. People from diverse cultures bring language skills, new ways of thinking, creative solutions to difficult problems and negotiating skills. In the past, ethnographers in the United States used to refer to our country as a melting pot where new immigrants would eventually be fully integrated into the American culture. This has obviously not happened so modern researchers
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Long working hours harms more than it can benefit Introduction ‘Working hours of laborers has become increasingly burdensome and invasive’ (Donis, 2003). Over the past half century, economy growth has caused large amounts of changes in work organization and management. As an important aspect of work organization and management, working hours of stuff has caused much concern. However, working hours seem to become longer as the economy growth. According to Acirrt (cited in Pocock 2001, p.4), full-time
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The life of a typical college student is learning to change your life style of working on your own. Learning to set a study schedule getting to class on time, and communication with a diverse culture of your peers. There are many jobs out there in math and science that will interest you. But most kids study very hard but still struggle with math and science and sometimes feel like giving up. So to give students the encouragements there are many different ways to help them. Mathematics and science
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