Really solid breakdown of the trig placement issue. The fact that students grind through sine and cosine rules at the end of Unit 2 only to never touch it again is bizzare curriculum design. I taught this pathway for three years and always felt like we were building toward nothing with that topic. Moving it to Unit 1 alongside the shape/measurement stuf would atleast give students breathing room before the data analysis heavy units.
Thanks. It made more sense on the old study when there was an option to do them and the unit 4 module (that some states still include). But without, it's just strange.
Really solid breakdown of the trig placement issue. The fact that students grind through sine and cosine rules at the end of Unit 2 only to never touch it again is bizzare curriculum design. I taught this pathway for three years and always felt like we were building toward nothing with that topic. Moving it to Unit 1 alongside the shape/measurement stuf would atleast give students breathing room before the data analysis heavy units.
Thanks. It made more sense on the old study when there was an option to do them and the unit 4 module (that some states still include). But without, it's just strange.