Thursday, August 19, 2010

Writing in Mathematics

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Teaching students to communicate mathematically is essential if you wish to raise any standardized test scores. The last few years I have t...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Reading in Mathematics

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The opening of another school year is coming fast! Time to contemplate various goals. What area or areas do I want to focus on? Our stud...
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

The Last of the Complex Diagrams

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If you tried the previous problems for the past two posts, I have two more for you. I use both of these problems at some point in time in m...
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Monday, August 2, 2010

Killing many birds with one stone

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If you started to create the "thinking" environment with the previous rectangle problem (by the way there are a total of 9 rectang...
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Friday, July 30, 2010

Create a "thinking" environment immediately

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I have heard teachers comment that students can't (and do not) think - all they want is to know what the right answer is. Well, I disag...
Monday, July 26, 2010

Word Walls in Mathematics

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Mathematics is filled with confusing vocabulary! For example, the word median is used with statistical measures (the middle term in a set o...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Goodbye Plug and Chug, Hello Substitute and Evaluate

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Mathematics is a very challenging discipline for many people. So, why do textbooks and teachers make it even more confusing by communicating...
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