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Section 3. Challenges Encountered and Lessons Learned
Section 3. Challenges Encountered and Lessons Learned
Pages 29-32
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Because mathematics majors are waived Dom taking the Praxis due to their extensive coursework in the subject matter, this statistic is for non-majors. The Fellows related that the Praxis exanunation tended to present open-ended problems that were not particularly siniilar to the ones in a practice examination supplied by the developer.
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A related challenge was that some of the Cooperating Teachers, who had been identified as innovative teachers who understood standards-based education, did not hold a full professional credential for their subject matter. Therefore, according to policies of CSULB, they could not serve as supervising teachers for student teaching.
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Fellows reported on the overcrowded conditions of their classrooms, with over 50 students per class in some cases; lack of mentor teachers in their school or in their discipline; unfeeling and unhelpful performance reviews by administrators; lack oftextbooks and other materials; and classrooms in poor condition. As new teachers, they were generally given the lowest level classes with the most unnuly students and were Dequently required to teach outside their field of expertise.
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