Number Classifications
We use numbers everyday of our lifes. Based on their characteristics, they are classified in groups.
Real Numbers – All kinds of numbers that you usually think of – from bus route numbers, to your weight, to pi and even the square root of pi! In short almost everything!!
Imaginary Numbers – Have you ever tried [...]
Strategies in elementary math designed to help students who learn in different ways, i.e., multiple intelligences.
Work sheets and lecturing are rarely the answer to helping all elementary students learn and understand math.
Students are not all pressed from the same mold and using multiple intelligence strategies is a great way to help all students by teaching [...]
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Writing in math is an excellent way to determine if students’ understand or do not understand the math they are learning about.
Allowing students to explain how they solved a math problem, how they developed a formula to solve a problem, or how they applied a math concept requires critical thinking.
Students must use the minds as [...]
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Teachers work in the solitude of their classrooms, interrupted with occasional chances to talk with other teachers during the day. Twitter is an online technological tool which can break down the rigid classroom schedule barriers and allow teachers and students to collaborate.
Twitter has evolved into something beyond a trendy technology tool, avoiding the worry many [...]
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Playing “War” with a deck of cards now has whole new meaning - helping students understand math operations concepts.
This card game helps students develop the ability to apply math concepts in a way that no 100’s of worksheets or 100’s of extra homework problems could ever help.
The basic procedure of turning up one card to [...]
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When students develop the ability to solve problems either in written or picture form, then they truly understand related mathematical concept or concepts.
The best approach that I used as a teacher, was to provide my students with a problem or the day or problem of the week. Problems of the day were not as complex as [...]
Individual students learn in different ways. When manipulatives are used, their senses are peaked for learning since students can touch and move objects to make visual representations of mathematical concepts.
Manipulatives can be used to represent both numbers and operations of these numbers. In addition to meeting the needs of students who learn best in this [...]
Here is one method for reinforcing middle school math terms such as variables and equations.
The key is to make it visual.
Start with the basics, use colors, and take it one step at a time.
Reinforcing Variables and Equations
Materials:
unlined white paper
black marker
red marker
1. Begin with a simple, one-step equation. Use a black marker to write “n + [...]
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Wikis are websites which can be edited by anyone the owner allows. In this case, teachers allow their students to edit class Wikis. Wikis are more versatile than a class blog, because blogs are typically one way communication and Wikis are updated by teachers and students. Wikis are a free collaborative teaching and learning technology tool.
Wikis [...]