We
need to familiarize our teachers with technology as soon as possible.
Panagos Papageorgiu
Geometry Professor
There
are a lot of hands-on activities…If you need help, [the instructors] are more
than willing to help us.
I enjoy [math and science] more now, after taking this
class. Before, I stayed away from
taking math and science classes.
[The instructors] break
it down for you, really as if you are a middle school teacher.
I
love [these courses]. We get more
attention, more one-on-one help…It has a better atmosphere.
[Taking these
courses and others in the sequence] puts you higher on the scale of getting
hired.
I’m
enjoying these classes very much.
The students are very helpful…I’d love to keep in touch with them when
the class ends.
Math isn’t all
about numbers. It’s building
things, so children can understand.
I’m
more excited about teaching [after taking these classes]…I’m using hands-on
tools, also bringing in the art, so the kids can visually see it.
We’re
all working together. What’s not
to like?
Wayne Landerholm
Sequence Consultant
Not
once did I think of [teaching] math or science until I came into these
classes.
We’re
all more social… [There is] more of a social atmosphere, like a family.
I
feel comfortable [in the class].
Then I learn more, more than in my other classes.
I
like teaching with other people.
Rich Kampwirth
Biology Professor
I saw kids
turned off by math, and I wanted to change that.
Wayne
Landerholm
Sequence Consultant
I’m
so excited [about doing this experiment].
This is like going to Great America.
[When developing
this course], I’m thinking, how would I like Algebra to be taught to me? And then I try to do that.
Vinay Dugal
Algebra
Professor
You
guys (the class instructors) are very passionate about the program, and it
transfers to us in the class.
We’re
so comfortable asking questions.
I invite the
students to work individually or in groups.
Deborah Mir
Environmental
Studies Professor
Statistics
rely on the data. I use the data
from environmental science to teach statistics.
Paul O’Hara
Statistics Instructor
I want [the
students] to feel comfortable, enjoy science experiments.
Paul Dolan
Physics Professor
I can’t wait to go
home and do this [experiment] with my nephew.