F.+Questions

F. What unanswered questions did this unit present?

"Will this affect my students high stakes test scores?" was one of the questions that was asked in the unit. One of the difficulties in answering this is how to resolve the discrepency between the in-depth nature of 21st century learning and the "mile wide inch deep" mandated state standards and testing. (from Veronica)

A corollary to the "Will this affect my students high stakes test scores?" question I have is where are the details? I have not seen in this course or on the internet anywhere, any detail on how to implement an upper level math class using this method. I would be very interested in learning from a math teacher who has taught an entire Algebra II class using project-based constructivist methods AND taught all the standards of that class AND I would like to see the students' test scores. I have heard of a couple of schools who have combined the math/science subjects (presumably project based work) and that sounds promising. Are any details from these efforts available? (from Veronica)

The obstacles section of the course raised a common teacher question of "How will I be successful?" This concerns not only test scores, but parental satisfaction, students success at college, students SAT success, employment. How can we measure the success of my implementation of this approach? (from Veronica)