Futures: Students Respond to Jaime Escalante's Message of Inspiration on PBS.

Smith, Carl

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ERIC Number: EJ456372

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Futures: Students Respond to Jaime Escalante's Message of Inspiration on PBS.

Smith, Carl

Winds of Change, v7 n4 p63-69 Fall 1992

A public television series "Futures," hosted by Jaime Escalante, a Hispanic American math teacher, increases student interest in mathematics and science by showing how math is applied in real life. The series has been well received by American Indian students and is part of a career introduction program at a Menominee secondary school in Keshena, Wisconsin. (SV)

Descriptors: American Indian Education, Educational Television, Mathematics Education, Relevance (Education), Science Education, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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