Re: [Phys-l] Ca mandates 8th-grade algebra test

["Wes Davis" <wlrdavis@earthlink.net>]

and, because they have 'passed' Algebra I in 8th grade, they move through 
the math classes in HS, arriving in  AP Calculus operating on an Algebra I 
level.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Yeend" <ryeend@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Forum for Physics Educators" <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
Cc: "Nancy Seese" <nancyseese@redshift.com>; "Sharing resources for high 
school physics" <PHYSHARE@lists.psu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:03 AM
Subject: [Phys-l] Ca mandates 8th-grade algebra test


> As a high school math and science teacher, I think the push of
> algebra into grade school is one of the major mistakes of education.
>
> I once substituted a sixth grade standard math class in which the
> topic for the week was algebraic inequalities - talk about absurd!
>
> IMHO, this is the major reason so many students arrive at high school
> functionally innumerate.
>
> Bob Yeend
> Justin-Siena H.S.
> Napa, CA