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Overhearing a discussion of why student can’t get the math. Friend says, “that’s why you’re not getting it! You have to go in order!” But… she’s getting some right, then when moves forward, can’t apply. Then: “Can’t remember all the rules!” Couple things seem to be happening: “getting it” is defined […]
July 26, 2014
Another brief twitterfest on “tricks” and whether we should nix ’em or not. I need to grab the picture of all the procedures for fractions in one place because I think it is a great springboard for duscussion. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Btde3MgCAAAysth.jpg I’m thinking that for some, this would seem to be a *great* “study aid.” Hey, just […]
July 24, 2014
I was re-reading What Community College Developmental Math Students Understand… (having shared it in the comments about the NY TImes article about why Americans Stink at Math). I had often shared their list of the “Most difficult” items — questions fewer than 25% of developmental math students got right. The article goes […]
July 23, 2014
… tomorrow I think I shall try to get off line for a chunk of the day and see if the INternet survives without me… and whether I can get more done. http://www.currentzionsville.com/2014/07/22/zionsville-school-board-update/ mentions that the school board there has voted to take ALEKS out of middle school math, with the subheading that it’s “gone […]
July 18, 2014
I’m impressed with the software and the response/customer service. Okay, it doesn’t have a whiteboard so I can’t actually draw out stuff … but that just inspires me to give that Livescribe thing another shot. The forums went down yesterday… I sent them an email after a few hours. The two or three people who […]
July 18, 2014
I’ve been enjoying the “wait time” messages on the Udacity courses… things like “contemplating banana bread recipes” and “reloading the ditto fluid for the mimeograph machine” (I used a hand crank one, did you?) I’m thinking that it’s a “WordPress” thing since now this blog has less original ones happening, and if I paid I […]
July 16, 2014
explanations online … there’s huge advantages to being able to write as if one had a whiteboard or blackboard or chalkboard or big ol’ piece of paper. Find of the day from yesterday: www.mathantics.com *lurv* the visual of perimeter of a circle. NOW off to fight the distraction demons and play with Camtasia for my […]
July 15, 2014
Whereas, in the article about what students understand when they land in “developmental math,” *most* students could not add a fraction and a decimal, I considered comprehension when Student asked how to figure out what 2/2.5 was (as the slope of a line). She started to ask about doing something that was a fragment of […]
July 6, 2014
So once agains somebody says: “There are no learning styles, and if there are, they’re dead.” (Okay, that’s not exactly what they said, but… it’s a long story.) Let’s not throw the shampoo out with the bath water, though. I think it’s pretty important to understand that there *are* ways of organizing information in our […]
July 6, 2014
Sundays do lend themselves to a “fresh start” feeling for me, especially when I don’t have a lot on the agenda. Much to be said for practicing a Sabbath. Is it really sabbatical to be using the day to step back and look at the big picture, and be planning madly and *thinking* about work? […]
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