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Kevin Driscoll
(Los Angeles - United States)I taught Computer Science and Mathematics from 2004-2007 at Prospect Hill Academy Charter School in Cambridge, MA. Since then, I completed a Master's degree in Comparative Media Studies at MIT and am now a PhD candidate in Communication at University of ...
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- From: Los Angeles regional Knowledge Exchange for Developmental Math
- Contributed By: Kathy Yoshiwara
Before algebra students can be expected to understand traditional "word problems," they need experience using algebra as a language, i.e. writing algebraic expressions and equations. At Pierce College we are encouraging elementary algebra instructors to include a set of lessons on expressions, gradually increasing in difficulty and leading to problems involving weighted averages ("mixture problems") and motion.
