Wilkinson said DoDEA administrators want greater numbers of high school students to take more mathematics courses and be successful. We encourage participants to make a 10 percent change per year in the way they may have been teaching. In one year, this is not so drastic that it becomes too time-consuming to attempt. And, in three or four years, we can really see some changes. Of course, Wilkinson and Ockenga point out, a part of that change is using graphing calculators.
Computers are also an important part of the changing curriculum.
A key objective of both workshops was working with methods to enhance the classroom climate to be one which encourages positive self esteem, positive attitudes, good motivation for both teachers and students, and positive communication between teachers and students, as well as among students. Teachers came from schools in Turkey, Spain, Italy, Germany, Puerto Rico, Okinawa, Korea, Japan, The Netherlands, Belgium, England, Cuba, Guam, Panama and the United States. Many of them have spent their careers teaching in overseas schools. Back to the news release directory.