Goals for Mathematics Teachers
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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics have given mathematics teachers five goals for their students. These goals require students to be able to communicate and think in mathematical terms. There is a need for materials to reinforce, and review math concepts and vocabulary. Most math textbooks do not include adequate review and practice of math terminology. When students can understand and speak the language of mathematics they will be more willing and able to continue their course work in advanced math classes. The mathematics education in the United States currently suffers because the curriculum does not cover basic topics in depth (U.S. schools, 1996, p. 4). Students approaching junior high school and high school face the prospect of being inadequately prepared for advanced math classes. This is especially important for students who wish to attend college. Seventy percent of all students who take geometry continue their education beyond high school (Stone, 1996, p.52). The rate of students continuing school beyond high school who take geometry is the same for all students including minorities. It becomes imperative that students be given the opportunity to experience and succeed at pre-algebra and pre-geometry course work in the pre-kindergarten through eighth grades (Stone 1996, p. 53). Sixth grade often determines the academic path a student will pursue through the rest of their school years. How well a student succeeds will determine in the studen
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ess than two dollars from a stationary supply store. This can be cut into 48 bingo cards, more than the 30 required for a class set. Laminating materials will cost about six dollars. This cost can be lessened if the teacher chooses to use clear contact to cover the cards. In addition the class will need markers. The cheapest markers are dried beans. A bag at the grocery store can be bought for less than a dollar. If other markers are available then this cost can be eliminated. (Scraps of paper for markers are not advised--they are too easily disturbed and end on the classroom floor making a mess.) Storage for a variety of different permanent sets can be accommodated in an accordion file along with lesson plans for the cards use. (This makes it easy for a substitute teacher to use as a review lesson if a permanent set of card is available for each chapter of the text.)
The objective of the lesson is to review the terms and concepts in preparation for a quiz or test. A permanent set of cards has been made by the teacher for this unit of the text. The motivation for the students to actively participate in the activity is to be prepared for an upcoming quiz. Extra motivation may be given to the students by announcing th
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