David Wetzel on February 8th, 2010

Math A Tube is a compilation of videos from a variety of sources, including some that are made by Math Tube.
Videos are categorized by math concepts and sub-concept areas.
The website is free to teachers, home school parents, and students of all levels.
There are many teachers who upload math videos to file sharing websites like, YouTube, [...]

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David Wetzel on August 28th, 2009

Because we have to teach so much “content” in math classes in schools, parents and students often miss an essential thing about math learning: it requires thinking.  Not just a quick learning of procedures and facts, but getting into problems and grappling our [...]

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David Wetzel on May 13th, 2009

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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David Wetzel on April 24th, 2009

Something to Think About
Paste a sheet of graph paper on a piece of cardboard. Draw the square shown in figure 1, then cut along the lines to make five pieces. When you rearrange these same five pieces, in the manner shown in Figure 2, a hole will appear in the center of [...]

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David Wetzel on April 22nd, 2009

As former K-8 science and math education professor, I was always challenged to encourage soon-to-be teachers to teach science and math from a hands-on, minds-on perspective. Encourage the curiosity of students to learn science and math.
The reason this was challenging was that most of these soon-to-be teachers learned science and math by rote memorization of [...]

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David Wetzel on March 12th, 2009

 
Science Channel has become Irrational about Pi Day, check it out!

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David Wetzel on January 30th, 2009

Students have misconceptions in many areas of math; however, there some misconceptions almost everyone has about general mathematics.
Common Math Misconceptions
There is only way one to solve a math problem!
Not True!  Every math problem has at least two ways to solve the problem and some have more. Consider the number of possible shapes that can be made using [...]

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David Wetzel on October 13th, 2008

This website “The Math Forum @ Drexel” provides a multitude of resources for teaching and learning math topics in all areas. The following is an overview of the website:
Have a Questions about math?

Ask Doctor Math who is open 24 hours a day for your questions.

Weekly and Monthly Challenges - Problems of the Week (Visit 12 [...]

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David Wetzel on October 13th, 2008

 
Are you searching for math videos to include in your lessons or help students develop a better understanding of math. I have found an excellent resource for all teachers, parents, and students.
This is an Internet-based math video service for grades K-12. The website integrates videos in all math content areas. The videos are provided by [...]

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David Wetzel on October 13th, 2008

Johnnie’s Math Page provides a host of interactive math resources for children of all ages. The graphics and interactive activities provide an inviting website for kids as they become actively involved in leaning math. The website has received an award from the American Library Association as a great site for children.
The interactive math concepts are [...]

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