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Math Coolisms: Unit Circle Desmos Investigations
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Where Math Education matters most! Sunday, September 1, 2013. Unit Circle Desmos Investigations. I have just posted two Unit Circle investigations at desmos.com. Unit Circle Investigation 1. Unit Circle Investigation 2. Please, take them for a spin, assess their educational value, and then post some feedback in the comments area. If you use these with your students report back regarding its success or lack thereof. Thank you. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Nothing helps stu...
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Math Coolisms: The Curse of Rote Teaching [PEMDAS & its Siblings]
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Where Math Education matters most! Sunday, June 30, 2013. The Curse of Rote Teaching [PEMDAS and its Siblings]. An excellent question was raised in the Global Math Department. Bulletin board that I decided to elaborate upon in here. In this post, I will address an MB related to PEMDAS. So, what to make of a student's treatment of let's say 4-6(3 x. The same way as -2(3 x. So, have the students predict the nature of the graphs associated with the above two expressions and then have them execute the actual...
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Math Coolisms: Updated Unit Circle Investigation in Desmos
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Where Math Education matters most! Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Updated Unit Circle Investigation in Desmos. Once my students worked on Unit Circle Investigation 2. New cool things emerged that I decided to add to the first two investigations and committed them to Unit Circle Investigation 3. Please, check out this new investigation and provide feedback and how did it work for your students? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Instructor of Physics, Astronomy, Forensic Science, and Mathematics. Nothing...
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Math Coolisms: September 2013
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Where Math Education matters most! Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Updated Unit Circle Investigation in Desmos. Once my students worked on Unit Circle Investigation 2. New cool things emerged that I decided to add to the first two investigations and committed them to Unit Circle Investigation 3. Please, check out this new investigation and provide feedback and how did it work for your students? Sunday, September 1, 2013. Unit Circle Desmos Investigations. Unit Circle Investigation 1. As I mentioned in a p...
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Math Coolisms: Mr. Le Nadj! Assists with Math Apps
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Where Math Education matters most! Saturday, August 17, 2013. Assists with Math Apps. I thought starting the academic semester/year with a bunch of math Apps and strategies for acquiring them might be the best gift I give my fellow math teachers and instructors the world over. So, within this PDF file. Your browser does not support iframes. Please, keep in mind that most of the apps were free when I first got them but some either were removed from the App store or a price was added to them. Unit Circle D...
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Math Coolisms: March 2015
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Where Math Education matters most! Sunday, March 29, 2015. Gamifying the Unit Circle. Precalculus students must be able to evaluate trig functions quickly and easily in order for them to be able to handle later trig topics better. To assist students in that respect, throughout the years I have made sure that students compete in groups against one another in a game called UC Bowl. Below is a description of the game and how it is managed in class. The class was broken onto three competing teams. Delays in ...
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Math Coolisms: Gamifying the Unit Circle
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Where Math Education matters most! Sunday, March 29, 2015. Gamifying the Unit Circle. Precalculus students must be able to evaluate trig functions quickly and easily in order for them to be able to handle later trig topics better. To assist students in that respect, throughout the years I have made sure that students compete in groups against one another in a game called UC Bowl. Below is a description of the game and how it is managed in class. The class was broken onto three competing teams. Delays in ...
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Math Coolisms: Musings of a Nadjling!
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Where Math Education matters most! Thursday, February 13, 2014. Musings of a Nadjling! As we were driving back home from his percussion lesson, Omar (the 12-year old Nadjling) said, "Baba, future does not exist.". He said, "Well, future is not here, it is unknown, and when it occurs it is present. So, there is only past and present.". This took me by complete surprise and I retorted, "This is an interesting thought and I would have to think about it.". But, why take out the evens and not the odds? Fast f...
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Math Coolisms: February 2014
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Where Math Education matters most! Thursday, February 13, 2014. Musings of a Nadjling! As we were driving back home from his percussion lesson, Omar (the 12-year old Nadjling) said, "Baba, future does not exist.". He said, "Well, future is not here, it is unknown, and when it occurs it is present. So, there is only past and present.". This took me by complete surprise and I retorted, "This is an interesting thought and I would have to think about it.". But, why take out the evens and not the odds? Fast f...
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Math Coolisms: Math Activities in Images
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Where Math Education matters most! Saturday, June 21, 2014. Math Activities in Images. I apologize to my readers for the long time since I last posted; a busy schedule has not been kind at all! I would like to let a few images speak for some aspects of this year's math. Of course, these are not the only pictures that give away how much coolism did occur in math this year but at least they convey some ideas. Thank you for taking the time to read the post and please leave comments that reflect your thoughts.
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