As a New York teacher, you will be responsible for knowing (among other things) the material that is included in the standard New York secondary school math curriculum. Here, “knowing” means multiple things – in particular, it includes both:
- the “how” (how to solve various types of problems), and
- the “why” (why do we use the method that we do to solve a problem? where does the method come from? how does it fit together with our existing mathematical knowledge?)
Your first exam, taking place in about 3 weeks, will focus on the “how,” by asking you to complete problems from the three NY Regents Math examinations (Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II). We’ll be doing practice problems along the way.
Assignment, due Wednesday, 2/2/22. Complete the 12 multiple choice problems in this document (these problems are from a past version of the Algebra I Regents exam):
Once you have completed all 12 problems, record your answers in the form below. Also indicate for each problem how confident you feel about your answer. Finally, use the boxes at the bottom of the form to leave a comment or question about three different problems.
Your grade for this assignment will be based on your participation, NOT on the number you get correct – so don’t panic if you don’t know how to do something!
Record your answers here.
NOTE: AFTER you submit, scroll back down to this part of the page and your score for the multiple choice portion will appear below this purple box.
Hi everyone – thanks for completing your first homework. Looking over the results, here are the biggest challenge problems:
In the written comments: