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A Different Way to Teach College Algebra 9 Aug 2013 | 04:58 am
I’m currently enrolled in a Stanford University MOOC (massive open online course) called How to Learn Math. It’s designed for parents and teachers, but it’s a variation of the face-to-face course they...
Why You Should Buy (and Wear) The Children’s Place’s T-Shirt 7 Aug 2013 | 01:37 am
Did you see The Children’s Place’s “Best Subjects” t-shirt? Were you horrified? If you were, you might have been horrified at the wrong thing. We should be horrified – but at math classes! Math cl...
What Does ‘Counting On’ Mean? 30 Jul 2013 | 10:27 pm
This is a tough one for teachers of older students as well as parents. The first time I heard “count on” at a conference I thought, “Count on what?” “Count on your fingers?” “Count on your parents?...
Why Most People Say They Hate Math 10 Jul 2013 | 11:14 pm
People do math everyday. They don't hate math - really. They say they hate math because they have a yukky memory of something that happened in a math class a long, long time ago. I call it The Event...
Why People Aren't Equal 27 Jun 2013 | 05:06 pm
This is the 3rd in a series on equality and comparison. For the rest of the series, click here. In order for two people to be equal, we have to put our finger on something about them to compare. But...
Standard z-Scores - How to Explain Them 25 Jun 2013 | 04:49 pm
"Everybody's different," I told K8 the other day. And now I'm prepping standard z-scores for the statistics part of Finite Math. So I'm thinking about how much everybody's different. Like really - t...
Blogging in the Classroom 22 Jun 2013 | 01:00 am
Are you considering having your class do a blog? Here are some tips for before and during that math blogging journey!
The Problem with Teaching Algorithms 18 Jun 2013 | 04:53 pm
Which side of the Algorithm Battle in the Math Wars are you on? Do you teach algorithms? Avoid them?
Linear Programming Problems - How to Set Them Up 11 Jun 2013 | 05:01 pm
Do your students struggle with setting up linear programming problems? Do you? Here's a handy list of steps that will help.
Does struggling to remember things help you do math? 9 Jun 2013 | 03:42 pm
When you struggle to remember things, do you reach for google? Or do you strain your brain? Could the strain be helping you build math skills?
