Thus began a conversation. What was it aboutplaythat was to be admonished? A little investigation revealed the teacher – who I will not name out of professional courtesy – had presented students with aworksheetlike some kind of medieval factory owner. The students’ lack of engagement with s...
Customizing the academic recordSome institutions translate information from the transcript onto a worksheetor in a database to exclude courses not considered part of their core college-prep requirements. Because there is no uniformity in the way high schoolscalculate a student’s overall grade-point a...
sion is to prepare, inspire, and connect students to college and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 4,300 schools, col- leges, universities, and other educational organizations. Each year, the College Board serves over three million students and their parents,...
"If I was in class and had a maths worksheet that I couldn't understand, I'd just go and ask the teacher to explain. And if you're on the iPod on a maths app, most of them have a button with an i on it for information and I click that." (Jake, Interview 1) Educ. Sci. ...