Three computers will also be used by the teachers for classroom managment tasks such as preparing lesson plans, maintaining the class gradebook and writing memos, letters, etc. We will have a class of 3-4 students taking Precalculus. Precalculus students will each be issued a Pentium notebook computer running Windows 95, Microsoft Excel, Wolfram's Mathematica program, SPSS for Windows, and other math-related software to support the precalculus curriculum. During the school year, they will be instructed in the use of the software and will gain basic proficiency in several of the software packages as they use them to support their learning experience. The Elementary School at RICA is using a token economy behavior management system.
Students earn RICA money for positive behaviors and are fined for negative behaviors.
At the end of each week students may buy items from the school store with the money they have earned or they may save their money and buy something of greater value at the end of another week. Those students who have accumulated a sum of money will have the opportunity to spend it all before their slate is wiped clean at the new month. By incorporating a token economy within the behavior management system, the students not only learn appropriate behaviors but also learn about saving, spending, and handling money. Below is a wishlist of items for the store. Our students generally lack the financial resources to purchase graphing calculators.