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Re: RE: Algebra 2/Trig Regents
Posted:
Jun 21, 2011 6:55 PM
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I was very disappointed in the test. Very little trig, no imaginary
numbers. Everything I emphasized was not on there. The formula sheet
was basically unused , anyone notice that?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lin Chen" <calculus1918@gmail.com>
To: <nyshsmath@mathforum.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: RE: Algebra 2/Trig Regents
> Did I miss a memo about a new curriculum named
>
> "Algebra 1.5 with limited Trig" between Algebra I and Algebra II?
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> Sorry, I don't mean to be rude, and I haven't complained about most of the
> Regents exams (last time was the Math B exam that was rescaled back in
> 2004-2005).
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> Here we are reviewing with the kids the last few weeks about Force
> Problems, Trig Equations, Circles Formulas, Regressions, etc... Where were
> they on the test? Instead, here comes problems about finding the average
> with frequency tables and foiling with fractions on part II.
>
> I don't feel bad for the slackers, they would have struggled either way.
> What about the limited number of kids that comes to review all the time
> who were confident for this exams BASED on the 4 STATE PUBLISHED Exams in
> the past few years??? Are we trying to penalize kids for that or reward
> the few that are good problem solvers (1 foreign exchange student from
> South Korea scored a 100 on this test).
>
> Once again, I am sorry for the rant, guess I personally taught the wrong
> curriculum this year...
>
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