Show Teachers learning new ways to teach math Margo A. A Pool Contributing Writer ONNA Erwin instructor of Math of Elementary Teachers D DONNA s said id that the course is taught by request of the Early Childhood Development nt Center The goal of the class is to train new teachers to use different resources and to assist them to help their students overcome the anxiety in learning math which most people have she said The class is needed because the children of today require as much math training as ble Erwin said the course is taught through reading the text lectures discussions and activities appropriate to learning Also Aiso new teachers are taught how to use resources to take into the classroom with them According to Erwin most teachers trained today are better equipped to handle math than those thos of of-a of a few years ago This is I mainly due to their being required to take classes such as Math 1 I I Ifor for Elementary Teachers New t teachers must learn a new way of teaching and this is one more purpose of the class Erwin said she's never had anyone drop out Only one person person person per per- son has ever failed and that was due to complications within the students student's personal li fe and not the course content |