Trigonometry

1926, the year that started it all. The College Board, which was established in 1900, administered the first SAT to the high school student of America in the year that went down in history. The components of this prestigious and widely praised standardized test include: straightforward math problems that can clearly assess a student’s mathematical skills alone; perhaps a few, many, questions testing students on the current vocabulary teens obviously use in their 21st century lives; and…

Persistence, resilience, and my strong determination were all characteristics I used since being told in an early elementary grade that I may never graduate high school. While at a parent teacher conference, my parents were told that I was not a fluent reader. The teacher felt my reading speed would as negatively impact my other core classes’ grades. The teacher told my parents that being a high school graduate and being a successful individual may not be realistic. To overcome such a label…

I am writing to express my interest in the teaching internship for Vela Summer Scholars Program. As a first-year student interested in teaching, I joined Ed Pros at Amherst College, which is where I first heard about the Vela Scholars Program. I was drawn to Vela’s focus on exploratory learning and emphasis on strengthening connections to the community. At Amherst, from volunteering as an ESL conversation partner at the Jones Library to becoming a music tutor for the Wildwood Elementary band, I…

exhibites the immaturity of the main character, Gene Forrester, by displaying his flawed reasoning and misconceptions about his grades slipping by blaming it on his friend, Finny. After their outing to the beach which leads to Gene failing his trigonometry test, he has an epiphany in which he believes Finny is sabotaging his studies on purpose because he is jealous; Gene says, “The deadly rivalry was on both sides afterall” (54). These thoughts are the start of a dark road which winds it’s way…

complexity grow in both structure and usage through the years. As writing forms sprouted, applications of mathematics and physics paralleled. The architecture created by the Mesopotamians suggest that they discovered principles of geometry and trigonometry. Moreover, their numerical system is the basis of how time is measured…

STRATEGIES FOR THE ACT MATHEMATICS TEST: The ACT mathematics test is designed to assess the mathematical skills students have typically acquired in courses taken up to the beginning of grade 12. The test presents multiple- choice questions that require you to use reasoning skills to solve practical problems in mathematics. • PACE Yourself- The ACT mathematics test contains 60 questions to be completed in 60 minutes. You have an average of 1 minute per question. • If you use calculator, use it…

Heitz has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in mathematics from the University of West Texas and has recently received his doctorate degree. He currently teaches college Algebra, finite math method for teachers, geometry, and sometimes calculus or trigonometry. Dr. Heitz said that he always knew that he wanted to teach mathematics. When he went to college he received a scholarship to go to the University of West Texas. There he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree and there he met his…

Throughout math classes, concepts are learned and combined with others. Before moving on to the next, in some cases, there is a refresher to get ready for the new material. Sometimes a class starts out with a previously learned concept and it has been a while since a student has seen it. The teacher then must make sure her students are on the same page and ready to move to the new material. Sometimes this process can take a while because of different learning curves and a student may have not…

habitats studied in marine biology include everything from study the of the atmosphere, the depth of the ocean canyons, fish, and natural disasters. In order for a marine biologist to work in the field they would need to have completed geometry, trigonometry,and calculus. Marine biologists study habitats of fish, where fish live, what the fish eats, and what the fish does. In the field of marine biology there are many different careers you can choose from such as marine engineering, marine…

When I think of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the aspects that most impress me about this learning environment are the academies resources. In addition to having some of the most recognized professors in world, the United States Merchant Marine Academy is committed to maintaining a standard for excellence. The curriculum that draws my interest to the academy is the marine transportation major, where I would have the opportunity to earn the United States Coast Guard third mate’s deck…