>> COMMENT: Yeah, that's the ticket, call it "Yomomma," or "Slam Dunk."
>> That should create interest in the dumbed-down set.
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>> Would name change help algebra students?
>> Posted by Dave Murray | The Grand Rapids Press July 03, 2008 11:09AM
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>> As Shakespeare wrote, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
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>> But would Algebra 2 be as difficult if it were called something else?
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>> State Sen. Wayne Kuipers, R-Holland, recently told a gathering of Kent
>> County school board members that he believes more students would pass
>> the upper-level math course if it were called something less scary.
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>> His theory is that students have convinced themselves that algebra is
>> too difficult and that they throw in the towel before giving it a
>> chance.
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>>
http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/07/would_name_change_help_algebra.html
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