In conclusion, the critique analyzes the AVID research paper on how to improve the student’s understanding of mathematics in high school. Firstly, the critique shows that AVID structured the paper based on adult learning principles. In this regard, AVID treats high school students as adults; therefore, their mode of understanding coincides with that of older adults. There are five theories that describe effective processes of ensuring that adults learn effectively and efficiently. The conference paper meets the description of three of the theories of adult learning, but fails to meet the standards outlined by the other two. However, the concepts presented in the paper may help high school students not only in learning and understanding mathematics, but also in preparing them for college education. The latter serves as one of the main objectives of AVID. In addition, the AVID paper may help high school teachers in designing a beneficial learning program in mathematics. Hence, the paper achieves its objectives of preparing students for college education.
The conference paper introduces mathematics as an important applicable subject in the society. It traces the history of mathematics in high school education. Moreover, it highlights the important aspects of the subject and describes several ways of tackling mathematical problems through reading and teaching. Moreover, the paper is set up in an adult learning framework. Although AVID achieves the standards required in presenting an adult education conference paper, it fails to consider the fact that it is meant for young adults (teenagers) (Kaye & Johnson, 2002). Consequently, most of the students may find the paper a little bit difficult to understand. Therefore, the students may re...
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If you had the choice between your phone and a book,you would probably without thinking grab your phone. But what if you knew that reading is crucial to a future. In “Reading for pleasure Is in Painful Decline” by Stephen L. Carter and “Twilight of the books” by Caleb Crain, both authors argue about the state of reading in The United States. Within both passages they give valid points as to why and how the state of reading are negatively affecting the country. Stephen L. Carter represents how the decline in reading for fun is the main concern, while on the other hand, Caleb Crain shows it’s technology and social media that actually are the main contributors.
Abhi is a stage 3 student from Year 6, who recently attempted his selective school test. Having a conversation with his parents helped me to know that Abhi enjoys doing maths and is working at appropriate stage level. Abhi states that his most interesting topics in maths are place value, angles and geometry (I-04), as they are easy to understand (I-05). Whereas, he hates fractions and decimals (I-06) as he found them to be very confusing (I-07).
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