Fostering High Achievement Through Active Learning

Mathematics professors from BMCC and New York City Public School 34 math teachers and educators under the BMCC Fulbright-Hays Grants spent four weeks in China this Summer 2004. During the four weeks in China, the Fulbright participants visited more than twenty historical sights, museums, libraries, and famous mathematicians’ special collections. They had the privilege and … Read more

Student Academic Achievement: A Comparison Between Italian and Asian Americans

This presentation will compare the student academic achievements among the Italian and Asian communities. There has been a close bond in these communities not only demonstrated by the proximity of Little Italy and Chinatown, but as well as the evolving communities that were once Italian American strongholds (i.e. Ridgewood, Elmhurst, Flushing.) This symbiotic relationship is … Read more