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December 2011 - Posts
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Regardless of your school's cell phone policy, the reality in most schools is that students have phones in their pockets, purses, or hoodies. Why not get these tools out in plain sight and use them for good and not evil ? Featured below are some easy Read More...
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I have written a journal article for a journal. The following is about Angry Birds used to describe conic sections , especially parabolas. Featured below is the journal article, I have been trying to implement the use of Angry Birds on the schools iPad Read More...
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There are 6 trigonometric functions, the two basic functions are sine and cosine. By taking ratios and reciprocals of these functions, we obtain four other functions, called tangent, secant, cosecant, and cotangent. Under the simplest definition, a trigonometric Read More...
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Facebook is the largest online social networking site and currently has over 400 million users. Facebook allows people to interact, share photos, and find people. In addition to using Facebook for social purposes, many people use it professionally for Read More...
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The Learning Web is apart of Nebraska's Statewide Professional Development Institute, the learning web project is teams of teachers participating in year-long action plans for technology integration. The team takes part in improvement of school goals, Read More...
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Fractals are geometric patterns that repeat on ever-shrinking scales. Many natural objects, like ferns, tree branches, and lung bronchial systems are shaped like fractals. Fractals can also be seen in many of the swirling patterns produced by computer Read More...
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There are many, many different winter activities you can have your students engaged in till the countdown to Christmas. I normally have a countdown to Christmas break anyway and small worksheets and group activities helps bring a little more holiday cheers Read More...
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Pattern recognition, like inductive reasoning is more properly associated with science, not math. Recognizing patterns depends on remembered math facts. Recognizing the pattern in the sequence (5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, ...) requires a knowledge of perfect Read More...
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Since I am teaching calculus for the first time next semester these are some helpful resources and hints that I have used to get ready for the classroom. If you have any other suggestions feel free to post them below. http://www.calculus.org/ is a great Read More...
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Some of the greatest mathematicians of all time can be Isaac Newton, Archimedes, Carl Gauss, Leonhard Euler, Henri Poincare, Lagrange, Hilbert, Leibniz, Fermat, ect. Some of the top mathematicians though still alive today is a great thing to talk about Read More...
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Lil Wayne an Nicki Minaj have been named the teachers of the year this year for South Florida. The award from Better Education Place is based on several categories that the company maintains are important qualities for teachers to excel at, although the Read More...
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Games with manipulatives are also valuable with helping students to apply what they learned to the real world , as well as provide a means to improve their math skills interactively. Using board games and card games along with cooperative learning are Read More...
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This exploratory study investigated the techniques used by teachers of the visually impaired when administering math questions with graphics to students with blindness or low vision . Teachers who gave students graphical math items and found a wide variance Read More...
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Has it ever seemed to you that some of your students are hardwired to not like math? Some strategies that you can use in any grade level are: Rehabilitate negative attitudes in math. Reduce mistake anxiety . Relate math to students interests and goals. Read More...
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Rating Vocabulary is a tool for identifying students' prior knowledge of academic and content vocabulary that they will encounter in a lesson or unit of instruction. The teacher can use this information to determine the need for vocabulary instruction Read More...
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As a teacher you walls can get covered quickly and most districts require all teachers to have a word wall . Well I am saying take back your walls. Don't rebel from word walls, they are incredibly effective for vocabulary and writing. But, most teachers Read More...
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The concept of mysterious possibilities is a pre-reading strategy. But, in the case of mathematics it is going to be a pre-lesson activity . I normally bring in real-world applications to a concept we are learning that day. (Since most mathematics appears Read More...
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Have you ever wondered what types of math are trending (more popular) now, other than when Pythagoras was still alive. Now you can at http://books.google.com/ngrams . Ngrams is a viewer in google which takes words or phrases in which particular words Read More...
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One of my favorite lessons that I teach is my probability and statistics unit on determining the world series champion. First off, I love baseball and when the Championship game is over, I am already craving more baseball. So before baseball starts up, Read More...
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"Bringing pop culture into the classroom takes time. It means updating lessons with fresh material and finding the right examples to appeal to kids while covering essential materials." Caralee Adams in the Holiday Issue of Scholastic "Lessons in Pop." Read More...
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In the math classroom things can get hectic and for school's and classrooms that do Cornell notes it is sometimes hard for students to accommodate a students note-taking process they way a teacher sets up their class. I was thinking how can I make this Read More...
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To culminate a unit on graphing, students create a " Graphing Museum" for families and other classes at the school to enjoy. The students prepare different graphing "exhibits ," some students are scheuled at different times, normally I schedule the graphing Read More...
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Sorry for those who are looking for math today, but this post is strictly for teachers. In the current issue of Instructor , they have an article selection of "What's the secrete to classroom management?" They asked middle school teachers how they keep Read More...
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Some of the characteristics of students who struggle with math problems normally fail to verify answers, counts fingers, reaches unreasonable answers, calculates poorly, skips rows when calculating. Some effective instructional approaches are as follows: Read More...
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All of the information of High Yield instruction comes from this website: http://commonsensemath.com/researchbasedstrategies.php The strategies allow teachers, students and parents to be implemented naturally. A few of the good ideas I took from the website Read More...
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http://ldx.sagepub.com/content/44/2/184.short A Cognitive Strategy Instruction to Improve Math Calculation for Children With ADHD and LD: A Randomized Controlled Study. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder is associated with marked behavioral problems Read More...
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