Laboratory Activities in Tech Prep.

Autor/in	Caldwell, Frank W., Jr.
Titel	Laboratory Activities in Tech Prep.
Quelle	(1993), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Classroom Techniques; Community Colleges; Educational Needs; High School Students; High Schools; Learning Laboratories; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Materials; Mathematics Teachers; Program Descriptions; Teaching Methods; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenführung; Community college; Community College; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Lernstation; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Mathematische Tafel; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Although high schools typically concentrate on preparing students to enter baccalaureate degree programs, it is estimated that by the year 2000 more than 70% of the jobs in America will not require a four-year college degree. The Tech Prep program is designed to provide technically oriented backgrounds to the middle fifty percent of high school students who may not pursue a four-year college degree but choose a two-year trade, technical, or community college program. The mathematics component of Tech Prep, Applied Mathematics (AM), was created by a consortium of 42 states and the Center for Occupational Research and Development. AM consists of 25 competency-based units covering basic math skills, geometry, algebra, quality control, and trigonometry. The learning materials for each unit include a 10-15 minute video program, a student text, a teacher text, mathematics laboratory activities, practical problem-solving exercises, and glossary. In the AM classroom, the teacher is a facilitator, the students actively participate, work in groups, and are allowed to use calculators. Tech Prep students who have completed AM courses will enter two-year colleges much better prepared than general mathematics students and will be used to this teaching approach. Two-year college mathematics faculty, therefore, will need to adapt to the new techniques and methods of teaching. Eight sample laboratory activities are appended. (KP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC