Teachers at New Tech High School in Coppell ISD are using real-life examples to help students understand the relevance of math. Students are tasked with calculating car costs, monthly payments, and negotiating with dealerships using algebra concepts.
Teachers say making sure students see real-life examples of how they can use math, helps them buy into lesson plans"These are all quadratic equations and quadratic equations, they don't really make sense to anyone," said New Tech High School math teacher, Sumeen Asim.If you're not building rockets or satellite orbits, do you really need to know this stuff? Teachers at New Tech High in Coppell ISD say absolutely.
"It makes it more real and like, actually matter, and that's very important. That's a big, like, new tech thing I feel we do, like, actually important stuff and things that would bring real-life skills," said Lauren Lin, a student."Who takes a 16-year-old, you know, in the middle of a math project seriously when they say they want to buy a car?" said Boyina.
But all in all, they walked away seeing how quadratic equations could help all of us, not just those building rockets.
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