Thursday, February 20, 2014

Moscow authorities are changing approach to teaching mathematics - students will be divided into different levels - NEWSru.com

Moscow Department of Education decided to experiment – with the new school year in some schools will radically change the approach to teaching mathematics. Students 5-11th grades can now choose the level at which they learn the subject, told the newspaper “Kommersant” in the city Department of Education. Experts welcomed the initiative of the authorities, however, believe that a mandatory exam on the subject in this case should be divided into several levels.

Told the publication director of the Center of pedagogical skills of the Education Department of Moscow Ivan Yaschenko project under the working title “The clear mathematics” to change the system of teaching the subject in schools. City officials offered to 5th grade school to form separate groups: Mathematics “for everyday life”, applied for technical professions and the highest level – mathematics as an art.

No tests do not have to take the teachers themselves will share students. Child can, if desired, to move from one group to another. Moreover, all students will study the subject enough to pass without problems federal exams.

Currently students after the 11th grade to pass two compulsory exam – in Russian language and mathematics. In early February, Moscow City Duma deputies offered to do the math exam of choice, but the Ministry of Education rejected this idea.

Rector of the Higher School of Economics Yaroslav Kuz’minov approved the initiative of the city authorities. According to him, the kids at school are divided into three groups with respect to mathematics – future engineers and economists, and those who “think in mathematics” and may become analysts, and “conditional intuitionalists” who understand the curriculum with difficulty. According to the rector, the next step was to divide the exam on several levels.


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