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and then bc responded with:
There is nothing more frightening than watching a room full of 5th
grade teachers NOT be able to solve a simple fractions problem! When
posed with a word problem, I thought some would flee in terror,
exclaiming that they never liked or understood those in school.
After three 8 hour long sessions, the facilitator reports that most
feel reasonably sure of the basic concepts and could teach them;
however, none would say they are comfortable enough to teach a word
problem.
I rather doubt the above refers to California credentialed teachers, as
they must pass the CBEST to be fully credentialed. The maths. section
is not trivial; I know.