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The standards basically have little effect on the quality of teaching.
However they do have an effect on how much "stuff" is stuffed into
the curricula.
In reality the average physics course is about as well
or as poorly taught as the average math course. And we now know using
the FCI/FMCE... that the average physics course achieves less than 25%
normalized gain.
So the average math course is in the same boat.
Both need major restructuring and both math and science teachers at
all levels need retraining.
Indeed the college teachers are probably the most in need of retraining if
my son's experiences at college are any indication.