Do the impossible
Posted in everything else on May 19th, 2010
I’ve been still trying to wrap my head around factoring, and I think I’m approaching a much reasoned presentation. The work I gave out today in both Algebra classes was more successful than it’s been before. In one class I gave them a very much scaffolded set of problems and explanations to help them tie [...]
Posted in everything else on May 18th, 2010
My Geometry class is entering the 3-d part of the year. But instead of watching Avatar, we’re studying Area, Surface Area and Volume. Or at least that’s what the last three chapters in the book are. Thing is, in some ways the book throws a ton of easy pitches to the kids: Find the surface [...]
Posted in everything else on May 9th, 2010
I haven’t taken the time to write, and I’ve barely been keeping up with all the great posts being written these days. Very big thanks to Dan for summarizing the many sessions at NCTM and NCSM. I’m enrolled in a class titled Problem Solving for the MS Math Teacher. The class is great. We get [...]
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