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http://education.washington.edu/cme/algebra.htm I think it’s described as more “different” than it is. THey’re having a summer institute down in Carbondale. I think I’m glad that I’m already signed up for Making Math Real, since that more directly applies to what I’m doing, I *think.* I hope 😉
May 26, 2010
http://www.rsinnovative.com/rulergame/ Don’t forget that one 🙂
May 20, 2010
Usually these three weeks between the end of spring semester and the beginning of “full summer” semester are very quiet. Yes, a handful of students come down to the lab in those 3-week intensive courses, but it’s a great time to get all kinds of things done … except that I so seldom do, especially […]
May 20, 2010
http://www.mathwithlarry.com/ Just had a glance, but like what I see so far. As in, the explanation of division shows something being divided 😉 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkUDi9jJw3Y& this one uses tiles 🙂
May 19, 2010
khan academy has been getting lauds for being a way anybody can get good instruction. So, let’s see what it has to say about multiplication! I really like that it confronts those visual things students do that those of us who attribute meaning to the symbols don’t do. He notes that when we add 2 […]
May 14, 2010
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html Yet another (more current) source saying that “conversation” is *key.*
May 3, 2010
We’ve all heard people say “people will learn math better if it relates to real life.” There is, I suspect, a whopping assumption that most people kinda sorta mean the same thing when they say that. Hmmm… in the 8 minutes I have left, I can’t go there yet, because the question that burbled through […]
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May 27, 2010
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