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PART I. 7
GOALS FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
The following are some broad goals for mathematics, science, and
technology education in Georgia. Each is illustrated by question(s)
that might stimulate students' natural curiosity as they connect
with their world. They are intended as a guide, as educators within
the community meet the ongoing challenge of change and reform
on a daily basis.
- To develop each student's ability to identify and clarify
questions and problems about the world.
Q: How are time and rotation of the planets related?
- To broaden each student's skills for gathering information,
answering questions, solving problems, and making decisions.
Q: How can anyone manage all the transactions at automatic
teller machines all across this country?
Q: To what degree can information from previous
earthquakes help predict future earthquakes?
- To develop each student's understandings and habits of
mind in mathematics and science.
Q: Describe three different ways to solve a problem.
Q: How can Newton's Laws of Motion be demonstrated ?
- To develop an appreciation of the history and nature of
science and mathematics.
Q: What aspects of the Golden Age of Mathematics have affected
today's notions of mathematics?
Q: How might our world be different if Madame Curie
had been born a generation later?
- To foster each student's appropriate uses of technology
within science and mathematics.
Q: When is an exact answer necessary or an approximate
answer better?
Q: Can a computer simulation help me model this
situation?
- To advance each student's appreciation for the potential
role of mathematics and science in explaining the natural world
and in addressing societal, including technological, concerns.
Q: What are the implications for our world of diminishing
supplies of petroleum ?
Q: What criteria should be applied to determine
the capacity of a particular landfill ?
- To ensure that each student understands and can use important
science and mathematics.
Q: What are the important mathematics and science understandings
needed to efficiently allocate resources to the various forms
of mass transportation?
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