Finally, in an exercise that incorporates image analysis software, students film a basketball in flight and generate an equation that represents the ball's behavior. Such lessons tend to bridge the gap for students between the abstract and the concrete. Figuring that out is not a mimic skill it requires extensive higher-order thinking skills. Being able to experiment with the computers and the probes allows them to answer these kinds of problems These types of mathematical representations are what the TAAS tests are really leaning toward. All Challenge grant-funded coalitions face hurdles.
Coordination is definitely key.
Developing the community is definitely possible it just takes a lot of team building. Originally, we had teams of eight to twelve teachers developing new lessons. Realistically, though, in any given group there were a few actual developers, a few modifiers, and several implementers. We invested a lot of time in training teachers to be curriculum developers, but they were not all necessarily writing curricula. Such an adjustment allows for more efficient use of both training time and individuals' strengths.