Admissions to universities to study teaching are limited and only the top graduates are offered employment. Competition is fierce for teachers in South Korea for teaching positions. ... Vasagar writes, "If they like, teachers can take their children outside for 'wood mathematics'- where they go into the nearest patch of forest and learn to add and subtract by counting twigs or stones in the open air" "(2). Teaching in this way encourages free thought and creativity in a student. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Black and White Test Score Comparison African Americans currently score lower than European Americans on vocabulary, reading, and mathematics test, as well as on tests that claim to measure scholastic aptitude and intelligence. ... Standardized test assess peoples skills and knowledge using methods that some test takers find poorly, frustrating, anxiety-provoking, or silly. ... Casserly, the executive director of the Washington-based advocacy group for urban school systems, characterized the findings of the report, "Beating the Odds II," as encouraging, pointing to significant improvements ...

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The bilingual program presented the student a scholastic curriculum that simultaneously instructed students all the required classes while teaching them the English language. For such method, bilingual teachers were the focal point for the success of individual students of any class level. ... The proposition introduces a new way of teaching the English language to immigrant children. ... The further argued that such "one-size-fits-all" program that treats all children the same, may rise more problems simply because the method may work in Los Angeles but not in Fresno. ...

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