Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 34 Issue 2, September 1997
29 – 33
The Demands of Alternative Assessment: What Teachers Say
Thomas J. Cooney, Karen Bell, Diane Fisher-Cauble and Wendy B. Sanchez
Margaret is an experienced high school mathematics teacher who is always searching for ways to “get the kids turned on to math.” As a result, she is very concerned about understanding better the di verse student populations she teaches, and she recognizes that her traditional teacher -centred methods of teaching and assessing often did not allow her to reach all her students.
